Portal Hypertension Due to Echinococcus Alveolaris: A Case Report

Orhan Kursat Poyrazoglu; Huseyin Ataseven; Sevim Bektas; Ayse Aydin; Mehmet Yalniz; Selman Celebi; Ibrahim Halil Bahcecioglu

doi:10.14712/18059694.2017.60

Acta Medica (Jan 2007)

Portal Hypertension Due to Echinococcus Alveolaris: A Case Report

Orhan Kursat Poyrazoglu,
Huseyin Ataseven,
Sevim Bektas,
Ayse Aydin,
Mehmet Yalniz,
Selman Celebi,
Ibrahim Halil Bahcecioglu

Affiliations

Orhan Kursat Poyrazoglu: Firat University, School of Medicine, Divison of Gastroenterology, Turkey
Huseyin Ataseven: Firat University, School of Medicine, Divison of Gastroenterology, Turkey
Sevim Bektas: Firat University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Turkey
Ayse Aydin: Firat University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Turkey
Mehmet Yalniz: Firat University, School of Medicine, Divison of Gastroenterology, Turkey
Selman Celebi: Firat University, School of Medicine, Divison of Gastroenterology, Turkey
Ibrahim Halil Bahcecioglu: Firat University, School of Medicine, Divison of Gastroenterology, Turkey

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.60
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 50, no. 1
pp. 57 – 59

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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.

Published in Acta Medica

ISSN: 1211-4286 (Print); 1805-9694 (Online)
Publisher: Karolinum Press
Country of publisher: Czechia
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: http://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/

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