Obstetrics

Spontaneous peripartum liver haemorrhage presenting as foetal distress

B. Holst, E. McGuinness and G. Morris-Stiff

We present the case of a 32-year-old woman who presented at 37 weeks’ gestation with foetal bradycardia. At caesarean delivery, an intra-abdominal haemorrhage was noted before the uterine incision was made. A subsequent exploratory laparotomy revealed the source of the bleeding to be an extensive ruptured haematoma involving both lobes of the liver. Radiologic...

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(Vol 13 p 42-46, General Surgery; Obstetrics: 18 June 2013)

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