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Obstet Med. 2017 Dec;10(4):186-188. doi: 10.1177/1753495X17695173. Epub 2017 Apr 11.
Presumed acute fatty liver of pregnancy following influenza A hepatitis.
Morton A1.
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Abstract
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a rare mitochondrial hepatopathy characterised by microvesicular fatty infiltration, and is believed to be due to impaired fatty acid oxidation. Hepatitis following influenza virus infection is uncommon. Rarely influenza virus infection may be complicated by Reye's syndrome, another hepatic microvesicular fat disease. A case of influenza A hepatitis in third trimester of pregnancy, followed by the evelopment of presumed acute fatty liver of pregnancy is described in this report and a potential mechanism why this may have occurred is discussed.
KEYWORDS:
Influenza A hepatitis; Kupffer cells; acute fatty liver of pregnancy; hepatic fatty acid oxidation; mitochondrial hepatopathy
PMID: 29225680 PMCID: PMC5714101 [Available on 2018-12-01] DOI: 10.1177/1753495X17695173
Presumed acute fatty liver of pregnancy following influenza A hepatitis.
Morton A1.
Author information
Abstract
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a rare mitochondrial hepatopathy characterised by microvesicular fatty infiltration, and is believed to be due to impaired fatty acid oxidation. Hepatitis following influenza virus infection is uncommon. Rarely influenza virus infection may be complicated by Reye's syndrome, another hepatic microvesicular fat disease. A case of influenza A hepatitis in third trimester of pregnancy, followed by the evelopment of presumed acute fatty liver of pregnancy is described in this report and a potential mechanism why this may have occurred is discussed.
KEYWORDS:
Influenza A hepatitis; Kupffer cells; acute fatty liver of pregnancy; hepatic fatty acid oxidation; mitochondrial hepatopathy
PMID: 29225680 PMCID: PMC5714101 [Available on 2018-12-01] DOI: 10.1177/1753495X17695173