Maternal mortality due to the hepatorenal syndrome of pre-eclampsia. A case report.

A maternal death in the 23rd wk of pregnancy is described. The patient was gravida 8, with 6 previous abortions and one growth-retarded term infant. The clinical symptoms and biochemical findings strongly suggest that the mode of death was septic shock, with the hepatorenal syndrome due to pre-eclampsia as the underlying cause.