title: Portal hypertension complicating abdominal tuberculosis. Case report.
abstract: Two cases of abdominal tuberculosis complicated by portal hypertension are reported. Both presented with haematemesis, melaena, night sweats, anorexia and weight loss. Tuberculous lymph nodes at the porta hepatis compressed the portal vein in one case, and the other had disseminated tuberculosis involving the liver and spleen. The mechanism of such portal hypertension is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kuwait, Safat.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diab
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Abu Nema
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abu Zidan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014386:Tuberculosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications*; D014400:Tuberculosis, Splenic / Q000150:complications*