Fetal intestinal perforation and meconium peritonitis associated with maternal autoimmune hepatitis. uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) in pregnancy can affect both fetal and maternal outcomes. Little is known regarding the fetal outcomes of AIH in pregnancy. The major risks include spontaneous abortions, fetal mortality, perinatal mortality and prematurity. Two common drugs used in the management of AIH, azathioprine and prednisone, may also be associated with adverse fetal outcomes. We present the case of perinatal focal intestinal perforation with a meconium pseudocyst in a preterm infant of a mother with autoimmune hepatitis on azathioprine and methylprednisone.

publication date

  • January 1, 2014

Research

keywords

  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
  • Hepatitis, Autoimmune
  • Intestinal Perforation
  • Meconium
  • Peritonitis
  • Pregnancy Complications, Infectious

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 84902160604

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.3233/NPM-1471113

PubMed ID

  • 24815708

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 7

issue

  • 1