Idiopathic portal hypertension in an "inactive" HBV carrier: a case report

Idiopathic portal hypertension belongs to the group of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension, its etiology is still unknown but its prognosis is excellent. We report a case of 45 year old female with inactive hepatitis B virus (HBV) carrier status and persistently elevated alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), prese...

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Autores principales: Vassiliadis, Themistoklis G, Gatopoulou, Anthia, Patsiaoura, Kaliopi, Giouleme, Olga, Soufleris, Konstantinos, Boubonaris, Alexandros, Katsinelos, Panagiotis, Eugenidis, Nikolaos
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2572043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18842148
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-1-229
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Sumario:Idiopathic portal hypertension belongs to the group of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension, its etiology is still unknown but its prognosis is excellent. We report a case of 45 year old female with inactive hepatitis B virus (HBV) carrier status and persistently elevated alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), presented with features of portal hypertension and without evidence of cirrhosis or fibrosis on liver biopsy.

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