[Acute fatty liver in pregnancy with consumption coagulopathy]

Acute idiopathic fatty liver of pregnancy was observed in a 34-year-old patient. Mother and child survived this complication which has happened in only 10% of the 69 histologically verified cases. On the basis of coagulation studies it may be assumed that consumption coagulopathy had been present initially. This could be pathogenetically relevant in the development of fatty liver of pregnancy.