title: [Ascites caused by portal hypertension in a patient with chronic myelomonocytic leukemia].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Patología Digestiva, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pamplona
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sábat
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Sancho Poch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Monés
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Ascitis por hipertensión portal en paciente con leucemia mielomonocítica crónica.