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

Portal hypertension due to Echinococcus alveolaris: a case report

Acta Medica (Hradec Kralove). 2007;50(1):57-9.

Authors

Orhan Kursat Poyrazoglu¹, Huseyin Ataseven, Sevim Bektas, Ayse Aydin, Mehmet Yalniz, Selman Celebi, Ibrahim Halil Bahcecioglu

Affiliation

¹ Firat University, School of Medicine, Divison of Gastroenterology, Turkey. [email protected]

PMID: 17654837

Abstract

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.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Echinococcosis, Hepatic / complications*
Echinococcosis, Hepatic / parasitology
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
Humans
Hypertension, Portal / etiology*
Male
Middle Aged