Ruptured Multifocal Hepatic Aneurysms in a Woman with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Successfully Treated with Transcatheter Arterial Embolization: A Case Report and Literature Review
Table 1
The demographic data of patients with SLE-related hepatic aneurysms rupture in literature review.
Patient (reference)
Age
Gender
CAD risk
Duration since SLE diagnosed (years)
Steroid use prior to admission
Presentation
Diagnostic tools
Hepatic aneurysms location
Hepatic rupture
Intervention
Outcome
Paronetto F et al., 1964
26
F
No
6
Yes
Abd pain and hypotension
Autopsy
NA
NA
Conservative therapy with transfusion
Death
Haslock I, 1974
32
F
No
14
Yes
Abd pain and hypotension
Laparotomy
Right lobe
Yes
Lobectomy
Death
Levitin PM et al., 1977
27
F
No
> 3
No
Abd pain
Laparotomy
NA
NA
Liver packing
Death
McCollum CN et al., 1979
33
F
HTN
12
Yes
Abd Pain and hypotension
Laparotomy
Left lobe
Yes
Left lateral lobectomy
Death
Trambert J et al., 1989
49
M
No
< 1
No
Abd pain
Abd CT and angiography
Left lobe
Yes
Embolization
Survival
Stratton R et al., 1999
24
F
No
3
Yes
Abd pain
Abd CT
Left lobe
No
Embolization, pulse therapy of steroid, and cyclophosphamide monthly
78.6% abd pain; 14.3% hemobilia; 57.1% with hypotension; 28.6% with GI bleeding (including hemobilia)
50% right lobe; 41.6% left lobe; 8.4% bilateral lobe
83.3%
57.1% with embolization (mortality rate 12.5% within patients with embolization); 21.4% with lobectomy (mortality rate 67% within patients with lobectomy);