Massive hepatic necrosis in the HELLP syndrome: CT correlation

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1991 Sep-Oct;15(5):845-7. doi: 10.1097/00004728-199109000-00025.

Abstract

We present a patient with toxemia of pregnancy and the HELLP syndrome [hemolysis (H), elevated liver enzymes (EL), and a low platelet count (LP)] resulting in massive hepatic necrosis. Cross-sectional imaging, including sonography, computed tomography, and nuclear medicine, was instrumental in the diagnosis and differentiation from hepatic abnormalities of other pregnancy related entities especially acute fatty liver of pregnancy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Hemolysis
  • Humans
  • Liver / enzymology
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Diseases / etiology
  • Liver Diseases / pathology
  • Necrosis
  • Platelet Count
  • Pre-Eclampsia / complications*
  • Pregnancy
  • Syndrome
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Ultrasonography