Hepatic infarction and nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver with associated anticardiolipin antibodies in a young woman.
An 18-year-old woman developed acute congestive hepatic infarction in the presence of a circulating anticardiolipin antibody. She subsequently developed nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver (NRHL) with associated portal hypertension. Unlike previously reported cases of NRHL, this case offers a prospective follow-up of the development of NRHL. Its occurrence following an episode of hepatic venous impairment in an otherwise normal liver supports the hypothesis that NRHL may develop as a consequence of diminished hepatic venous drainage.
Keegan
A D
AD
Nepean Hospital, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia.
Brooks
L T
LT
Painter
D M
DM
D000328:Adult; D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia / Q000276:immunology; D006975:Hypertension, Portal; D007238:Infarction / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology*; D012008:Recurrence
D017153:Antibodies, Anticardiolipin