A Case of Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension Associated With Chronic Didanosine Therapy

A 66-year-old man with HIV and recurrent thromboembolism presented with new-onset ascites with an extensive diagnostic work-up that was unremarkable. He was diagnosed with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension after a liver biopsy revealed mild fibrosis and hepatic venography revealed an elevated hepati...

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Autores principales: Stotts, Matthew, Chisholm, Phillip, Nurutdinova, Diana, Maddur, Haripriya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American College of Gastroenterology 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26157933
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.2015.24
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Sumario:A 66-year-old man with HIV and recurrent thromboembolism presented with new-onset ascites with an extensive diagnostic work-up that was unremarkable. He was diagnosed with non-cirrhotic portal hypertension after a liver biopsy revealed mild fibrosis and hepatic venography revealed an elevated hepatic venous pressure gradient. The etiology of portal hypertension was attributed to didanosine therapy, a rare but noted side effect.

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