Table 1.
Literature review for liver infraction
| Ref. | Case | Symptoms | Serum study | Computed tomography | Liver vessels | Main treatments |
| Otani et al[3], 2003 | A 59-year-old man with Churg-Strauss syndrome | Cold and pain of fingers and toes | Hypereosinophilia, elevated IgE and transaminase | Low density at the periphery of the right lobe | Irregular narrowing of hepatic arteries | Surgery, intravenous PGE1, prednisolone |
| Khong et al[11], 2005 | A 30-year-old postpartum woman with DVT history | Right-sided chest pain, mild pyrexia | Leukocytosis, neutrophilia, elevated ALT | Multiple peripheral liver infarcts | - | Antibiotics, heparin and warfarin |
| Mayan et al[9], 2001 | A 66-year-old male with TIPS | Fever and shock, tenderness of right upper quadrant | DIC, AST and ALT increased | Wedge-shaped hypodense lesion of liver | No sign of portal vein occlusion or arterio-stent shunt | Amikacin, vancomycin, ceftriaxone |
| Park et al[23], 2016 | A 61-year-old woman with TACE | Epigastric pain, abdominal pain and distention | Elevations of AST and ALT | Nonenhancement and expansion of left hepatic lobe with DEE TACE | Middle hepatic vein to left portal vein shunt | Supportive care |
| Wong et al[15], 2001 | A 66-year-old woman with laparoscopic cholecystectomy | Fever, right upper quadrant pain | Leukocytosis, bacteremia | A cystic defect of right hepatic lobe | Occlusion of the right hepatic artery and right portal vein | Surgery |
| Wang et al[5], 2011 | A 44-year-old man with liver transplantation and TIPS | Refractory hypotension | Rise in serum aminotransferase level | A large, irregular hypodense lesion in the right lobe of the liver | Abrupt truncation of the native common hepatic artery | Aggressive resuscitation |
| Ashida et al[2], 2003 | A 74-year-old man with liver abscess | Diarrhea and abdominal pain | - | Low-density lesions | Interrupt of the hepatic artery and portal vein | Operation and drainage |
| Sakhel et al[16], 2006 | A 39-year-old primigravida with SLE and secondary APS | Upper abdominal pain, tachypnea, dyspnea, and tachycardia | Elevated AST and ALT | Multiple irregularly shaped, small, low-density lesions | Heparin and broad-spectrum antibiotics | |
| Peng et al[19], 2018 | A 30-year-old woman with post-partum hemorrhage | Liver enzyme levels peaked, DIC | Poor enhancement of the right hepatic lobe on the periphery | Liver transplantation |
PGE 1: Prostaglandin E 1; DVT: Deep venous thrombosis; TIPS: Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt; TACE: Transarterial chemoembolization; DIC: Disseminated intravascular coagulation; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine transaminase.