Severe fatty liver of pregnancy requiring an extremely large amount of blood transfusion, surgery and transarterial embolization: A case report

• Main Authors: Kiko Yamamoto (Author), Ayako Suzuki (Author), Masao Shimaoka (Author), Yoshie Yo (Author), Masaki Mandai (Author), Noriomi Matsumura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

We report a case of massive bleeding due to a coagulation disorder associated with acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP); the patient survived by massive transfusion. She presented at 34 weeks of gestation, met six of the Swansea criteria, and was diagnosed with severe AFLP. We performed an emergenc...