Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Successful outcome of a pregnancy in a woman with advanced cirrhosis due to hepatitis B surface antigenemia, delta super-infection and hepatitis C co-infection: a case report. | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Open Access Successful outcome of a pregnancy in a woman with advanced cirrhosis due to hepatitis B surface antigenemia delta super-infection and hepatitis C co-infection a case report Amna Subhan Shahab Abid and Wasim Jafri Address Department of Medicine Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi Pakistan Email Amna Subhan - Shahab Abid - Wasim Jafri - Corresponding author Published 20 September 2007 Received 26 June 2007 _ . - - lrtz Accepted 20 September 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2007 1 96 doi 1752-1947-1-96 This article is available from http content 1 1 96 2007 Subhan et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Pregnancy in women with advanced liver disease is rare. In this paper we described the case of a successful pregnancy in a young woman with advanced cirrhosis due to hepatitis B surface antigenemia hepatitis delta super-infection and Hepatitis C co-infection. A brief review of the medical literature on pregnancy in women with cirrhosis is also presented. Introduction Pregnancy is uncommon in women with advanced cirrhosis and is associated with an increased risk of complications such as bleeding from esophageal varices liver failure and hepatorenal syndrome 1-4 . Maternal deaths have been reported in advanced cirrhosis mainly due to variceal bleeding 4 . Spontaneous abortion and increased risk of premature childbirth or stillbirth have been reported in 15-20 of pregnancies in women with cirrhosis 5 . We are reporting the case of a successful pregnancy outcome of a woman with decompensated cirrhosis affected by hepatitis B C and D .
