Abdominal tuberculosis involving hepatic hilar lymph nodes. A cause of portal vein thrombosis and portal hypertension.
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.
Caroli-Bosc
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Department of Gastroenterology, L'Archet Hospital, University of Nice, France.
Conio
M
M
Maes
B
B
Chevallier
P
P
Hastier
P
P
Delmont
J P
JP
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*