Portal hypertension due to Echinococcus alveolaris: a case report.
Infection of the liver with Echinococcus alveolaris (EA) contemplates with a fatal course though it is a rare condition. We present herein a patient with upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to portal hypertension caused by the involvement of the liver with EA.
Poyrazoglu
Orhan Kursat
OK
Firat University, School of Medicine, Divison of Gastroenterology, Turkey. okpoyrazoglu@yahoo.com
Ataseven
Huseyin
H
Bektas
Sevim
S
Aydin
Ayse
A
Yalniz
Mehmet
M
Celebi
Selman
S
Bahcecioglu
Ibrahim Halil
IH
D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged