title: Abdominal tuberculosis involving hepatic hilar lymph nodes. A cause of portal vein thrombosis and portal hypertension.
abstract: Abdominal tuberculosis is a rare disease. Involvement of lymph nodes at the hepatic hilum responsible for jaundice is exceptional. We describe a 59-year-old woman in whom jaundice was the presenting feature, complicated by portal vein thrombosis and portal hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, L'Archet Hospital, University of Nice, France.
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Caroli-Bosc
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Conio
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maes
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chevallier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hastier
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Delmont
mesh_terms: D001653:Bile Ducts, Intrahepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology*; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications*