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Hepatic infarction

MedGen UID:
508812
Concept ID:
C0151731
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Hepatic Infarct; Hepatic Infarction; Hepatic Infarctions; Hepatic Infarcts; Infarct, Hepatic; Infarct, Liver; Infarction, Hepatic; Infarction, Liver; Liver Infarct; Liver Infarction; Liver Infarctions; Liver Infarcts
SNOMED CT: Infarction of liver (17890003); Hepatic infarction (17890003); Infarct of liver (17890003)
 
HPO: HP:0033135
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0001787

Definition

Hepatic infarction is defined as areas of coagulative necrosis from hepatocyte cell death caused by local ischemia. Liver infarctions appear as hypoechoic nonvascular regions on conventional and Doppler sonography. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHepatic infarction

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Tuifua TS, Partovi S, Remer EM, Ragheb J, Bullen JA, Kattan MW, Kapoor B
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2022 Oct;45(10):1512-1523. Epub 2022 Jul 18 doi: 10.1007/s00270-022-03219-7. PMID: 35851823
Akahane M, Koga H, Kato N, Yamada H, Uozumi K, Tateishi R, Teratani T, Shiina S, Ohtomo K
Radiographics 2005 Oct;25 Suppl 1:S57-68. doi: 10.1148/rg.25si055505. PMID: 16227497
Abe S, Otsuki M
Curr Med Chem Anticancer Agents 2002 Nov;2(6):715-26. doi: 10.2174/1568011023353679. PMID: 12678722

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Munter BT, Boyd AR, Tchani R, Gray JN, Ramsey PS
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2024 Jun;6(6):101377. Epub 2024 Apr 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2024.101377. PMID: 38621440
Miyayama S, Arai Y, Matsui O
Br J Radiol 2022 Sep 1;95(1138):20211316. Epub 2022 Feb 10 doi: 10.1259/bjr.20211316. PMID: 35143258Free PMC Article
Shindo D, Yamamoto A, Amano R, Kimura K, Yamazoe S, Shimono T, Miki Y
Jpn J Radiol 2020 Jun;38(6):547-552. Epub 2020 Apr 1 doi: 10.1007/s11604-020-00934-4. PMID: 32239373
Hunt CM, Sharara AI
Am Fam Physician 1999 Feb 15;59(4):829-36. PMID: 10068707
Riely CA
Am J Med 1994 Jan 17;96(1A):18S-22S. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(94)90185-6. PMID: 8109583

Diagnosis

Munter BT, Boyd AR, Tchani R, Gray JN, Ramsey PS
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2024 Jun;6(6):101377. Epub 2024 Apr 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2024.101377. PMID: 38621440
Moller K, Zadeh ES, Görg C, Jenssen C, Hocke M, De Molo C, Serra C, Dong Y, Cui XW, Lim A, Thees-Laurenz R, Faiss S, Dietrich CF
Med Ultrason 2023 Jun 26;25(2):189-200. doi: 10.11152/mu-4013. PMID: 37369049
Ippolito D, Maino C, Vernuccio F, Cannella R, Inchingolo R, Dezio M, Faletti R, Bonaffini PA, Gatti M, Sironi S
World J Gastroenterol 2023 Feb 7;29(5):834-850. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v29.i5.834. PMID: 36816623Free PMC Article
Mattay GS, O'Leary C, Dubroff JG, R Pantel A
Clin Nucl Med 2021 Jan;46(1):e8-e10. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000003312. PMID: 33031234
KANTER DM
Arch Intern Med 1965 Apr;115:479-81. doi: 10.1001/archinte.1965.03860160105019. PMID: 14272378

Therapy

Hussain H, Tarantino MD, Chaturvedi S, McCrae KR, Roberts JC
Blood Adv 2022 Feb 22;6(4):1271-1277. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2021005657. PMID: 35051999Free PMC Article
Shi Q, Zhao G, Wei S, Guo C, Wu X, Zhao RC, Di G
J Pharmacol Sci 2022 Jan;148(1):19-30. Epub 2021 Sep 23 doi: 10.1016/j.jphs.2021.09.005. PMID: 34924126
Anand A, Gamanagatti SR, Vaishnav M, Shalimar
J Vasc Interv Radiol 2021 Oct;32(10):1513. Epub 2021 Jun 22 doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2021.06.004. PMID: 34166804
Sade R, Polat G, Oğul H, Kantarci M
Cir Esp 2017 Oct;95(8):473. Epub 2017 Jan 18 doi: 10.1016/j.ciresp.2016.07.011. PMID: 28109532
Ensom MH, Stephenson MD
Pharmacotherapy 1999 Sep;19(9):1013-25. doi: 10.1592/phco.19.13.1013.31588. PMID: 10610007

Prognosis

Tuifua TS, Partovi S, Remer EM, Ragheb J, Bullen JA, Kattan MW, Kapoor B
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2022 Oct;45(10):1512-1523. Epub 2022 Jul 18 doi: 10.1007/s00270-022-03219-7. PMID: 35851823
Carmiel Haggai M, Sgayer I, Bornstein J, Odeh M, Lowenstein L, Frank Wolf M
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2022 Sep;227(3):515.e1-515.e9. Epub 2022 Apr 29 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2022.04.048. PMID: 35500613
Jayanthi V, Udayakumar N
Minerva Gastroenterol Dietol 2008 Mar;54(1):75-84. PMID: 18299670
Abe S, Otsuki M
Curr Med Chem Anticancer Agents 2002 Nov;2(6):715-26. doi: 10.2174/1568011023353679. PMID: 12678722
Hunt CM, Sharara AI
Am Fam Physician 1999 Feb 15;59(4):829-36. PMID: 10068707

Clinical prediction guides

Munter BT, Boyd AR, Tchani R, Gray JN, Ramsey PS
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2024 Jun;6(6):101377. Epub 2024 Apr 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2024.101377. PMID: 38621440
Ippolito D, Maino C, Vernuccio F, Cannella R, Inchingolo R, Dezio M, Faletti R, Bonaffini PA, Gatti M, Sironi S
World J Gastroenterol 2023 Feb 7;29(5):834-850. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v29.i5.834. PMID: 36816623Free PMC Article
Tuifua TS, Partovi S, Remer EM, Ragheb J, Bullen JA, Kattan MW, Kapoor B
Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2022 Oct;45(10):1512-1523. Epub 2022 Jul 18 doi: 10.1007/s00270-022-03219-7. PMID: 35851823
Strasberg SM, Helton WS
HPB (Oxford) 2011 Jan;13(1):1-14. Epub 2010 Nov 15 doi: 10.1111/j.1477-2574.2010.00225.x. PMID: 21159098Free PMC Article
Akahane M, Koga H, Kato N, Yamada H, Uozumi K, Tateishi R, Teratani T, Shiina S, Ohtomo K
Radiographics 2005 Oct;25 Suppl 1:S57-68. doi: 10.1148/rg.25si055505. PMID: 16227497

Recent systematic reviews

Munter BT, Boyd AR, Tchani R, Gray JN, Ramsey PS
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM 2024 Jun;6(6):101377. Epub 2024 Apr 14 doi: 10.1016/j.ajogmf.2024.101377. PMID: 38621440
Ensom MH, Stephenson MD
Pharmacotherapy 1999 Sep;19(9):1013-25. doi: 10.1592/phco.19.13.1013.31588. PMID: 10610007

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