<prompt> Savita is 35 years female with Gravida-2 and parity 10 is suffering from hepatic encephalopathy. Likely cause will be -Hepatitis BHepatitis EHepatitis DHepatitis A  <response>: Ans. is b i.e. Hepatitis E Ref. Dutta, 6e, p 292 5e, p. 308, Robbins illustrated, 6e, p. 862.Hepatitis E infection has a benign course in normal individuals just like hepatitis A but once it infects a pregnant female it shows its ugly face. It then causes fulminant hepatitis in a large of pregnant females leading to hepatic coma and death. 