The rarity of hepatic infarction has been explained by the protection from ischaemia
provided by the double arterial and portal inflow. Hepatic infarction hence should require the
association of multiple factors jeopardizing compensatory mechanisms. We report on a case
of hepatic infarction related to combined hepatic arterial and portal venous thrombosis after
a blunt abdominal trauma, a previously unreported cause of hepatic infarction. Several
causes of vascular impairment were present: shear stress injury due to the trauma, protein C …