Open AccessBILIARY DISEASE IN PREGNANCY: A DIAGNOSTIC DILEMMA
Author(s) -
Priyanka H. Krishnaswamy,
Carol Lorden,
Sameh Mahmoud,
Harry Kaltsidis,
Rohit Arora
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
innovare journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-4406
DOI - 10.22159/ijms.2021.v9i3.41050
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , epigastric pain , preeclampsia , abdominal pain , vomiting , biliary disease , liver function tests , obstetrics , gestational diabetes , cholecystectomy , disease , liver disease , liver function , gestation , genetics , biology
This is a case report of a 37-year-old female who presented with deranged liver function tests, epigastric pain, fevers, vomiting, mild hypertension, and proteinuria in pregnancy. This was on a background of gestational diabetes, dyspepsia, and previous cholecystectomy. This case report highlights the importance of considering various causes of liver pathology during pregnancy besides those specifically associated with pregnancy, as well as the necessity of early specialist input to investigate symptomatic choledocholithiasis in pregnancy.