Idiopathic portal hypertension in an "inactive" HBV carrier: a case report.
Idiopathic portal hypertension belongs to the group of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension, its etiology is still unknown but its prognosis is excellent. We report a case of 45 year old female with inactive hepatitis B virus (HBV) carrier status and persistently elevated alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), presented with features of portal hypertension and without evidence of cirrhosis or fibrosis on liver biopsy.
Endoscopy Unit, Demokritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece. gatop@otenet.gr.
Themistoklis G
TG
Vassiliadis
Anthia
A
Gatopoulou
Kaliopi
K
Patsiaoura
Olga
O
Giouleme
Konstantinos
K
Soufleris
Alexandros
A
Boubonaris
Panagiotis
P
Katsinelos
Nikolaos
N
Eugenidis