Pregnancy in women with portal hypertension is high risk due to the danger of variceal haemorrhage, which complicates 15–34% of cases. Variceal bleeding in pregnancy to women with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension is associated with increased risk of abortion (29%) and perinatal death (33%). Pregnancy in women with cirrhosis while less common due to hypogonadism, is associated with additional potential complications of hepatic decompensation and encephalopathy (10%), hepatorenal syndrome, ascites and bacterial peritonitis. Pregnancy in women with cirrhotic portal hypertension is associated with maternal death in 1.6%, and fetal loss in 10–66%. We present a case of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension in pregnancy, discussing two other potential critical complications of portal hypertension in pregnancy, splenic artery aneurysm (SAA) and pulmonary hypertension.
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