Liver and Gallbladder Infarction as a Complication of Acute Aortic Dissection in the Splenomesenteric Trunk

Kayo Sugiyama, Hirotaka Watanuki, Masaho Okada, Yasuhiro Futamura, Yoko Kato, Yuki Matsushita and Katsuhiko Matsuyama

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Aichi Medical University Hospital, Japan

^*Correspondance to: Kayo Sugiyama 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.2654

Abstract

Hepatic ischemia is a rare complication of acute aortic dissection. There are few reports about liver and gallbladder infarction occurring from aortic dissection; their main cause was hypotension due to cardiac tamponade. Here we report a case of type B aortic dissection with isolated liver and gallbladder infarction from visceral artery malperfusion of a splenomesenteric trunk. Interventional radiology effectively detected the cause of ischemia and enabled treatment of the visceral artery malperfusion.

Keywords

Acute aortic dissection; Visceral artery malperfusion; Liver infarction; Splenomesenteric trunk; Interventional radiology

Cite the article

Sugiyama K, Watanuki H, Okada M, Futamura Y, Kato Y, Matsushita Y, et al. Liver and Gallbladder Infarction as a Complication of Acute Aortic Dissection in the Splenomesenteric Trunk. Clin Surg. 2019; 4: 2654.