HEPATIC INFARCTION AND NODULAR REGENERATIVE HYPERPLASIA OF THE LIVER WITH ASSOCIATED ANTICARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODIES IN A YOUNG WOMAN

An 18-year-old woman developed acute congestive hepatic infarction in the presence of a circulating anticardiolipin antibody. She subsequent ly developed nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver (NRHL) with associated portal hypertension. Unlike previously reported cases of N RHL, this case offers a prospective follow-up of the development of NR HL. Its occurrence following an episode of hepatic venous impairment i n an otherwise normal liver supports the hypothesis that NRHL may deve lop as a consequence of diminished hepatic venous drainage.