Misdiagnosis of Liver Infarction after Cesarean Section in a Patient with Antiphospholipid Syndrome During Pregnancy

Abstract

[...]infarction of the liver is relatively rare clinically. A 32-year-old Chinese female patient diagnosed with antiphospholipid syndrome who had never been treated prior to hospitalization was performed a cesarean section at 37 weeks, anticoagulation therapy was given on the day of surgery, 5000 U heparin intramuscular injection once a day. A three-phase contrast-enhanced abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan revealed multiple, irregular intra hepatic low-density shadows [Figure 1]. [...]the patient fell into a deep coma.