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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Orhan Kursat Poyrazoglu, Huseyin Ataseven, Sevim Bektas, Ayse Aydin, Mehmet Yalniz, Selman Celebi, Ibrahim Halil Bahcecioglu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karolinum Press 2007-01-01
Series:Acta Medica
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Online Access:https://actamedica.lfhk.cuni.cz/50/1/0057/