[HELLP syndrome: case report and review of the literature]

The case of a 32-years-old primipara in her thirty-second week of pregnancy who presented acute epigastric pain, citopenia, elevation in hepatic enzymes and analytical signs of hemolysis is presented. Ultrasonography demonstrated multiple hyperechogenic nodular images in the liver leading to a wide differential diagnosis. Liver biopsy findings, together with the mentioned clinico-biological alterations were indicative of the HELLP syndrome. Following caesarean, the patient presented rapid and total, symptomatic and analytical, improvement. Based on this case, a review of this entity in the literature and its prognostic implications and possible therapeutic approaches are reported.