Nodular regenerative hyperplasia mimicking cirrhosis of the liver.
Nodular regenerative hyperplasia of the liver usually presents with signs of portal hypertension with little evidence of obvious liver disease. We report a 47 year old man who presented with clinical signs of decompensated cirrhosis, recurrent encephalopathy, and tense ascites but at liver transplant was found to have nodular regenerative hyperplasia associated with a portal vein thrombosis.
McDonald
J A
JA
A W Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, Camperdown, Australia.
Painter
D M
DM
Gallagher
N D
ND
McCaughan
G W
GW
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006965:Hyperplasia; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008115:Liver Regeneration; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged