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The physical examination at admission revealed a fever of 39\u00b0C and an acute abdomen with abdominal guarding in the right upper quadrant without hepatomegaly or splenomegaly. There were no clinical signs of pre-eclampsia. Fetal ultrasound and a Doppler of the umbilical vessels were normal. Laboratory tests showed normal liver and liver function (total protein 95%, alanine transaminase (ALT), aspartate transaminase (AST), total bilirubin normal). The white cell count was 10\u00d710\n                      <jats:sup>9<\/jats:sup>\n                      \/l (90% neutrophils), with a normal platelet count. Blood, urine and vaginal cultures were negative. Abdominal ultrasound revealed isolated thickening of the gallbladder wall without cholelithiasis. Empirical antibiotic treatment was begun with intravenous amoxicillin. Six days later, the patient's condition had worsened with increased abdominal pain, persistent fever and liver test abnormalities (AST\u2013ALT 6N). However, bilirubin, hepatic synthesis tests, as well as leucocyte and platelet counts were still normal. A caesarean section followed by coelioscopy was decided. Coelioscopy revealed a liver with numerous necrotic spots (see figure 1).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:fig id=\"GUTJNL2016313097F1\" position=\"float\" orientation=\"portrait\">\n                      <jats:label>Figure\u00a01<\/jats:label>\n                      <jats:caption>\n                        <jats:p>Diagnostic laparoscopy revealed a liver surface covered with numerous white necrotic spots.<\/jats:p>\n                      <\/jats:caption>\n                      <jats:graphic xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" xlink:href=\"gutjnl2016313097f01.tif\" position=\"float\" orientation=\"portrait\"\/>\n                    <\/jats:fig>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"s2\">\n                    <jats:title>Question<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>What is the diagnosis?<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/gutjnl-2016-313097","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,25]],"date-time":"2016-11-25T21:50:42Z","timestamp":1480110642000},"page":"1911-1982","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Rare cause of abdominal pain and fever in a pregnant woman"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"66","author":[{"given":"Sophie","family":"Hillaire","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Service de M\u00e9decine Interne, H\u00f4pital Foch, Suresnes, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jean-Emmanuel","family":"Kahn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Service de M\u00e9decine Interne, H\u00f4pital Foch, Suresnes, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Olivier","family":"Picone","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Service de Gyn\u00e9cologie-Obst\u00e9trique, H\u00f4pital Foch, Suresnes, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dominique","family":"Cazals-Hatem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Service d'Anatomo-Pathologie, H\u00f4pital Beaujon, Clichy, France"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,25]]},"reference":[{"doi-asserted-by":"publisher","key":"2025121223472394000_66.11.1911.1","DOI":"10.1002\/lt.20545"},{"key":"2025121223472394000_66.11.1911.2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1498","DOI":"10.1002\/lt.21567","article-title":"Detection and diagnosis of herpes simplex virus infection in adults with acute liver failure","volume":"14","author":"Levitsky","year":"2005","journal-title":"Liver Transpl"},{"doi-asserted-by":"publisher","key":"2025121223472394000_66.11.1911.3","DOI":"10.1002\/lt.21250"},{"key":"2025121223472394000_66.11.1911.4","first-page":"2324709614551558","article-title":"A spotty liver of pregnancy","volume":"2","author":"Gray","year":"2014","journal-title":"J Investig High Impact Case Rep"}],"container-title":["Gut"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/syndication.highwire.org\/content\/doi\/10.1136\/gutjnl-2016-313097","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,12,13]],"date-time":"2025-12-13T07:47:34Z","timestamp":1765612054000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/gut.bmj.com\/lookup\/doi\/10.1136\/gutjnl-2016-313097"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,25]]},"references-count":4,"journal-issue":{"issue":"11","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,10,9]]},"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2017,11]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1136\/gutjnl-2016-313097"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/gutjnl-2016-313097","relation":{},"ISSN":["0017-5749","1468-3288"],"issn-type":[{"type":"print","value":"0017-5749"},{"type":"electronic","value":"1468-3288"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2016,11,25]]}}}