Peliosis hepatis as an early histological finding in idiopathic portal hypertension: A case report

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 3612-3615

  Berzigotti, Annalisa ^a   Magalotti, Donatella ^a   Zappoli, Paola ^a   Rossi, Cristina ^a   Callea, Francesco ^b   Zoli, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatic veins catheterisation; Idiopathic portal hypertension; Peliosis hepatis

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTASIS; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; FAMILY HISTORY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NODULAR HYPERPLASIA; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELIOSIS HEPATIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTAL VEIN OBSTRUCTION; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SINUS BRADYCARDIA; SPLENOMEGALY; TELANGIECTASIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 33745684370     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i22.3612     Document Type: Article

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