Zahn infarct
A Zahn infarct is a pseudo-infarction of the liver, consisting of an area of congestion with parenchymal atrophy but no necrosis, and usually due to obstruction of a branch of the portal vein.[1][2] Zahn infarcts are unique in that there is collateral congestion of liver sinusoids that do not include areas of anoxia seen in most infarcts. Fibrotic tissue may develop in the area of the infarct and it could be caused by an occlusive phlebitis in portal vein radicles.[3]
Eponym
The Zahn infarct is named for Friedrich Wilhelm Zahn.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stegman, JK, ed. (2006), Stedman's Medical Dictionary (28th ed.), Baltimore, MD: Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins
- ↑ http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=44358
- ↑ Matsumoto T, Kuwabara N, Abe H, Fukuda Y, Suyama M, Fujii D, Kojima K, Futagawa S (1992), "Zahn infarct of the liver resulting from occlusive phlebitis in portal vein radicles", American Journal of Gastroenterology 87 (3): 365–368, PMID 1539574
- Reichelt HG (1985), "Partial Budd-Chiari syndrome with Zahn infarct of the liver in venous transmitted tumor thrombosis of a uterine cancer", Röntgen-Blätter (in German) 38 (11): 345–347, PMID 4081553
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