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Hepatic Infarction Caused by an Embolus from an Atherosclerotic Lesion

A Case Report

Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, Kagawa, Japan.

Katsufumi Mizushige, MD

Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, Kagawa, Japan.

Yoshinari Izumi, MD

Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, Kagawa, Japan.

Yoshiyashu Tsuda, MD

Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, Kagawa, Japan.

Haruhiko Sakamoto, MD

Second Department of Pathology, Kagawa Medical University, Kagawa, Japan.

Hirohide Matsuo, MD

Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kagawa Medical University, Kagawa, Japan.

Although it has been reported that emboli from atherosclerotic disease may be more frequent than commonly appreciated, hepatic infarction caused by an arterial embolus is an unusual but serious complication. The authors describe a patient who had a secondary liver infarct during anticoagulant treatment for cerebral infarction. The thrombus causing the liver infarction was detected as a low echoic mass by transesophageal echocardiog raphy at the right coronary sinus.

Angiology, Vol. 49, No. 2, 165-168 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979804900211


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