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Autoimmune severe acute fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) during pregnancy
Insuficiencia hepática aguda grave (IHAG) fulminante de origen autoinmune en gestante
Antonio M. Caballero-Mateosa,
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, María Ángeles López Garridoa, Patricia Becerra Massareb, Javier de Teresa Galvána
a Servicio de Aparato Digestivo y Hepatología, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
b Servicio de Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
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2</a>&#41;&#46; On day 43&#44; the patient was discharged with normal obstetric control&#44; almost normal lab test results and tapered doses of corticosteroids<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#43;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>azathioprine &#40;50<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;day&#41;&#46; Three days later&#44; she suffered a miscarriage&#46; After 4 months&#44; all lab test results were normal and autoantibody screen results were negative&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0010"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">AIH presents in episodes&#44; attacking both healthy livers and livers affected by prior flare-ups&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0065"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#8211;5</span></a> Diagnosis can be difficult when features of the classical phenotype are absent<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0060"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">2&#8211;4</span></a>&#59; 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has resulted in these criteria being reviewed in multi-centre studies between various ETx units&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0100"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a> There is a state of immune tolerance during pregnancy due to hyperoestrogenaemia &#40;induces shift from Th<span class="elsevierStyleInf">1</span> response to Th<span class="elsevierStyleInf">2</span> response or changes in anti-inflammatory cytokine profile&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0085"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7&#44;8</span></a> This may explain spontaneous improvement in some cases of AIH during pregnancy and the appearance of acute episodes towards the end of pregnancy or postpartum once oestrogen levels fall&#46; Prior to modern-day treatments&#44; rates of foetal morbidity and mortality and complications in pregnant women were high&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0085"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a> Today&#44; pregnancy in a woman with AIH is safe for both the mother and her foetus&#44; 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