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
journal of the brazilian chemical society2007Vol. 50pp. 57-59
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poyrazoglu2007actaportal
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.