[PREGNANCY AND LIVER CIRRHOSIS: REPORT OF A CASE] / Cirrosis Hepática y Gestación:Reporte de un Caso.

ABSTRACT

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.