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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · AJP Rep 2023; 13(04): e78-e81
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1777099
Case Report

A Case of Significant Transaminitis with Liver Biopsy in a Pregnant Patient with COVID-19

Dana Senderoff Berger 
1   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California
,
Anna Galyean
2   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, California
,
Kelvin Nguyen
3   Department of Gastroenterology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, California
,
Najeeb Alshak
4   Department of Pathology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, California
,
Elizabeth Blumenthal
2   Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, California
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Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, has led to a global health crisis. The virus can cause varying severity of liver injury, but the mechanism has not yet been elucidated, especially in pregnancy.

We present a morbidly obese 30-year-old woman with COVID-19 at 28 weeks' gestation complicated by significant transaminitis with peak liver enzymes levels of 501/1,313 (aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase). Liver biopsy showed reactive changes consistent with medication effect and mild steatosis.

Significant transaminitis has been found in both pregnant and nonpregnant patients with COVID-19. Our case demonstrates the multifactorial nature of liver injury in COVID-19 patients including mild underlying liver steatosis combined with possible viral potentiation of medication effect.

Keywords

COVID-19 - pregnancy - hepatic manifestations - liver - transaminitis - viral injury - hepatocellular damage


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Eingereicht: 23. November 2020

Angenommen: 30. August 2023

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
28. November 2023

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