Open AccessSpontaneous liver rupture secondary to distal right hepatic artery microaneurysms in a patient admitted due to Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia
Author(s) -
José Barquín Yágüez,
Javier Díe Trill,
Juan Carlos García Pérez
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
revista española de enfermedades digestivas/revista española de enfermedades digestivas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.331
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 2340-4167
pISSN - 1130-0108
DOI - 10.17235/reed.2018.5906/2018
Subject(s) - medicine , hellp syndrome , liver transplantation , surgery , preeclampsia , hematoma , pneumonia , ligation , embolization , artery , pregnancy , radiology , transplantation , genetics , biology
Spontaneous liver rupture is an uncommon and life-threatening condition often associated with high mortality rate. The most common causes are preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome during pregnancy, liver tumours and overdosing of anticoagulant therapy, however, hepatic rupture in the absence of underlying pathology is an extremely rare occurrence. Treatment can include observation, embolization, hepatic artery ligation, hepatic lobectomy, hematoma evacuation and packing, and even liver transplantation has been described.