[Hepatic hypertrophy after right hepatectomy of traumatic rupture]

The clinical, biochemical and morphological features of a massive hepatic hypertrophy is reported. It occurred in a young female patient with multiple injuries who had undergone right liver resection for traumatic liver rupture and right nephrectomy for rupture of the right renal artery. Subsequently, the patient developed deficiency of several organs, together with a septic state which led to her death 3 months after the trauma. The factors responsible for this massive hepatic hypertrophy (3,950 g) are discussed.