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[PREGNANCY AND LIVER CIRRHOSIS: REPORT OF A CASE]
Pregnancy in women with liver cirrhosis is unusual, because of the metabolic alterations that the liver disease produces.We report a case of a cirrhotic alcoholic patient who was pregnant twice. The first pregnancy was successful delivering a baby of 2,500g. On the second one, the patient died because of digestive hemorrahage caused esophageal varices the fetus also died.
Pregnancy in women with liver cirrhosis is unusual, because of the metabolic alterations that the liver disease produces.We report a case of a cirrhotic alcoholic patient who was pregnant twice. The first pregnancy was successful delivering a baby of 2,500g. On the second one, the patient died because of digestive hemorrahage caused esophageal varices the fetus also died.