Intrahepatic portal hypertension secondary to metastatic carcinoma of the prostate

Tan Attila; Milton W Datta; Gary Sudakoff; Majed Abu-Hajir; Benson T Massey

Intrahepatic portal hypertension secondary to metastatic carcinoma of the prostate

WMJ. 2007 Feb;106(1):34-6.

Authors

Tan Attila¹, Milton W Datta, Gary Sudakoff, Majed Abu-Hajir, Benson T Massey

Affiliation

¹ Medical College of Wisconsin, 9200 W WisconsinAve, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

PMID: 17393756

Abstract

While the liver is a common site of metastasis, tumor metastases are not a common cause of portal hypertension. We report a case of a patient with symptomatic portal hypertension due to diffuse metastatic prostate carcinoma infiltration of liver parenchyma that was not appreciated with routine imaging.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Biopsy
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / diagnostic imaging
Hypertension, Portal / etiology*
Hypertension, Portal / pathology
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Metastasis
Prostatic Neoplasms / complications*
Prostatic Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed