Mild clinical presentation of acute Fatty liver in the second trimester of pregnancy.

We report a case of 29 years old woman who was diagnosed with acute fatty liver of pregnancy at 23 weeks of gestation with unusual evolution (pregnancy prolonged until 36 weeks of gestation) to draw attention on the possibility of occurrence of this pathology in the second trimester of pregnancy even with a milder clinical presentation and course.

Risk factors of fetal macrosomia: role of maternal nutrition.

Aim: To assess the effect of maternal diet during pregnancy on the risk of delivering a large for gestational baby (macrosome).

Methods: A food intake survey of 350 healthy pregnant Tunisian women, 52 in group macrosomia and 298 in group control. Only term (> or =37 completed Weeks of gestation) infants were included.