[Ascites caused by portal hypertension in a patient with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia].
The case of a 79 years old man with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia and transudative ascites is described. Portal hypertension was produced by hepatic infiltration due to the hematological disorder, confirmed by liver biopsy.
Pamplona
J
J
Servicio de Patología Digestiva, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona.
Sábat
M
M
Sancho Poch
F J
FJ
Monés
J
J
D000368:Aged; D001201:Ascites / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D015477:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male
Ascitis por hipertensión portal en paciente con leucemia mielomonocítica crónica.