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Liver diseases as the origin of abdominal pain in pregnancy are rare, and severe forms occur in less than 0.1% of pregnancies. Some disorders, such as hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets\u00a0(HELLP) syndrome and preeclampsia, are unique to pregnancy, while others, such as antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, may manifest in pregnancy but have consequences beyond the current pregnancy. All of them require prompt identification and treatment.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Case presentation<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A 27-year-old Caucasian woman who was 15<jats:sup>+1<\/jats:sup> weeks pregnant reported to the emergency department twice due to stabbing right-upper-quadrant abdominal pain. Initial laboratory testing revealed mild leukocytosis and slightly elevated liver enzymes. On second presentation, the patient was febrile and had an increased C-reactive protein concentration. Over the course of the next days, nonhemolytic anemia and thrombocytopenia emerged with elevated liver enzymes. Coagulation studies also revealed a prolongation of activated partial thromboplastin time. Magnetic resonance imaging showed nonspecific alterations in the right liver lobe, possibly corresponding to infection or infarction. A hepatic viral infection was ruled out. At that time, the most likely diagnosis was cholangitis with liver abscess formation, and antibiotic therapy was started. Further worsening of the anemia and thrombocytopenia, development of proteinuria, together with a miscarriage on the fourth day of hospitalization resulted in the tentative diagnosis of (triple-positive) antiphospholipid antibody syndrome, which was confirmed 12 weeks after the initial investigation. Treatment consisted of prompt anticoagulation with heparin and later on with a vitamin K antagonist as well as high-dose glucocorticoid therapy. There was no need for intravenous immunoglobulin therapy or plasma exchange, although we suspected a catastrophic form of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome due to infarctions of the liver, placenta, and possibly kidneys (proteinuria). The outcome was favorable.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>We report a 27-year-old pregnant woman whose abdominal pain was caused by liver infarctions as the first manifestation of catastrophic antiphospholipid antibody syndrome. The antiphospholipid antibody syndrome was possibly secondary to hitherto clinically silent systemic lupus erythematosus since the antinuclear antibodies were increased later on. Hydroxychloroquine therapy was initiated to prevent antiphospholipid antibody syndrome recurrence in a future pregnancy.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13256-022-03324-8","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,14]],"date-time":"2022-03-14T11:03:01Z","timestamp":1647255781000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Liver infarctions as the first manifestation of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome in pregnancy: a case report"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7140-5994","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Claudia","family":"Meloni","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cornelia","family":"Schreiber","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jan-Dirk","family":"Studt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Simone","family":"Kamm","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Manuela","family":"Di Chiara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thomas","family":"Herren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,14]]},"reference":[{"issue":"1","key":"3324_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1016\/S0889-8553(05)70346-0","volume":"27","author":"IE Mayer","year":"1998","unstructured":"Mayer IE, Hussain H. 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