Idiopathic acute fatty liver of pregnancy: three cases including a subsequent normal pregnancy.

A 39-year-old patient in her eleventh pregnancy was admitted to the obstetric unit of another hospital at 34 weeks gestation with nausea, vomiting and malaise for two weeks, and jaundice for two days before admission. Although there was no -previous history of pre eclampsia, hypertension (170/100mmHg) and mild oedema had been noted at 30 weeks for which she was treated with labetolol, chlorthalidone and diazepam. The day following her admission she became confused and unresponsive. Intrauterine death occurred and she was transferred to this hospital.