Massive hepatic necrosis in the HELLP syndrome: CT correlation.
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.
Chiang
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Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030.
Athey
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Lamki
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D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000473:pathology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D009336:Necrosis; D010976:Platelet Count; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography