ABSTRACT
Liver disease in pregnancy is uncommon, and in the majority of cases, there is no need for a change in the management of liver disorder till pregnancy ceases. The course and outcome of viral hepatitis is no different in pregnant patients than in other individuals except in the case of hepatitis E, which has been associated with a higher morbidity and mortality in pregnant women in the third trimester. Primary biliary cirrhosis is an autoimmune cholestatic liver disease characterized by progressive destruction of intrahepatic bile ducts, predominantly seen in middle-aged women. The goal of treatment of acute Portal vein thrombosis is to recanalize the obstructed veins, which may prevent intestinal infarction and subsequent portal hypertension. Autoimmune hepatitis and alcoholic liver disease tend to have a favorable outcome in comparison with those with viral hepatitis. Anatomically, the liver is generally not palpable below the right costal margin secondary to the enlarging gravid uterus.
