Portal Hypertension Due to Echinococcus Alveolaris: A Case Report

Poyrazoğlu, Orhan Kürşat; Ataseven, Hüseyin; Bektas, Sevim; Aydin, Ayse; Yalniz, Mehmet; Çelebı, Selman; Bahçecıoğlu, Ibrahim Halil

doi:10.14712/18059694.2017.60

Acta Medica > Archive > 2007, Vol. 50 > Issue 1 > Portal Hypertension Due to Echinococcus…

Acta Med. 2007, 50: 57-59

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.60

Portal Hypertension Due to Echinococcus Alveolaris: A Case Report

Orhan Kürşat Poyrazoğlu^a, Hüseyin Ataseven^a, Sevim Bektas^b, Ayse Aydin^c, Mehmet Yalniz^a, Selman Çelebı^a, Ibrahim Halil Bahçecıoğlu^a

^aFirat University, School of Medicine, Divison of Gastroenterology, Turkey
^bFirat University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Turkey
^cFirat University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Turkey

Received November 1, 2006
Accepted February 1, 2007

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.