Hepatic Infarction Complicating Acute Pancreatitis: A Case Report.
10.3348/jkrs.2000.43.1.73
- Author:
Hyun Suk KIM
1
;
Sung Hwan HONG
;
Hong Suk PARK
;
Eil Seong LEE
;
Ik Won KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Liver, infarction;
Pancreatitis;
Portal vein, thrombosis;
Hepatic arteries, injuries
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aneurysm, False;
Hepatic Artery;
Humans;
Infarction*;
Liver;
Pancreas;
Pancreatitis*;
Perfusion;
Portal Vein;
Portography;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Journal of the Korean Radiological Society
2000;43(1):73-76
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Hepatic infarction is relatively uncommon and is usually related to surgery or interventional procedures. Pancreatitis-associated hepatic infarction has not been reported in the literature, and we now describe a case of hepatic infarction in a 31-year-old man with acute pancreatitis. Initial CT scanning demonstrated an enlarged pancreas with multifocal fluid collection, and a large wedge-shaped low attenuation lesion was seen in the right lobe of the liver along with thrombi in the posteroinferior branch of the right portal vein. Hepatic arteri-ography and SMA portography revealed a pseudoaneurysm in the right hepatic artery, thrombi in the main portal vein and its posteroinferior branch, and perfusion defects confined to S6 of the liver.
