ACUTE FATTY LIVER OF PREGNANCY - LAPAROSCOPY-ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS

We report a case of fatty infiltration of the liver in a 27-year-old H ispanic woman. She went to an outside hospital in her third trimester of pregnancy with abdominal pain, jaundice, peripheral edema, and diff use intravascular coagulation. An emergent cesarean section was perfor med, and she developed symptoms of acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis and altered mental status. She was transferred to Harbor County Hospital, where a computed tomography scan showed a fatty liver, and a liver bio psy confirmed the diagnosis of fatty liver of pregnancy. Prompt recogn ition and immediate termination of pregnancy with intensive, supportiv e care are essentials in the management of fatty liver of pregnancy.