Long-term Follow-up of a Patient with Portal Hypertension and Hepatic Failure Due to Hepatic Hydatid Disease.
Intern Med
; 60(12): 1855-1861, 2021 Jun 15.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33518572
ABSTRACT
We observed liver failure with a presumed etiology of echinococcosis in an 89-year-old woman. Our patient had been born and then resided on Rebun Island until she was 12 years old. At 46 years old, she had been referred to our hospital due to right abdominal pain. Ultrasound had revealed multilocular cysts in the right lobe of the liver. At 84 years old, the hepatic cyst occupied nearly the entire liver with ring-shaped calcification along the cyst wall. The patient was diagnosed with decompensated cirrhosis and hepatic hydatid disease based on typical imaging and the long-term natural clinical course.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Liver Failure
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Echinococcosis
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Echinococcosis, Hepatic
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Hypertension, Portal
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Aged80
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Intern Med
Journal subject:
MEDICINA INTERNA
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Japan