Spontaneous liver rupture secondary to distal right hepatic artery microaneurysms in a patient admitted due to Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia

Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2019 Mar;111(3):250-251. doi: 10.17235/reed.2018.5906/2018.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Hepatic Artery* / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Diseases / etiology*
  • Male
  • Microaneurysm / complications*
  • Microaneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / microbiology
  • Rupture, Spontaneous / diagnostic imaging
  • Rupture, Spontaneous / etiology
  • Staphylococcus aureus