title: Hepatic Pregnancy Suspected at Term and Successful Delivery of a Live Neonate With Placental Attachment to the Right Lobe of the Liver.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hepatic pregnancy is an exceptionally rare form of extrauterine pregnancy. Only 21 cases have been reported in the English medical literature over the past 60 years, of which only 29% progressed beyond the first trimester.
  
  
  METHODS
  We present a case of advanced hepatic pregnancy that was diagnosed at term. The diagnosis was suspected clinically and on an abdominopelvic ultrasonogram. At laparotomy, the diagnosis of an intrahepatic pregnancy was confirmed. The 2,800-g live neonate was delivered successfully, and the placenta was left in situ. The mother made a full and uneventful recovery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This is a very rare case of an advanced hepatic pregnancy that remained undiagnosed until term and resulted in the successful delivery of a live neonate.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Anaesthesia, University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Kendall Jane
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Brouard
authors.forename: Bruce Richard
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: Robert Anthony
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dyer
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008099:Liver; D010920:Placenta; D011247:Pregnancy; D011269:Pregnancy, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D047929:Term Birth; D055815:Young Adult