Idiopathic portal hypertension in an

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Gatopoulou A
Patsiaoura K
Giouleme O
Soufleris K
Boubonaris A
Katsinelos P
Eugenidis N

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Case Report

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

Themistoklis G Vassiliadis¹ , Anthia Gatopoulou² , Kaliopi Patsiaoura¹ , Olga Giouleme¹ , Konstantinos Soufleris¹ , Alexandros Boubonaris¹ , Panagiotis Katsinelos³ and Nikolaos Eugenidis¹

¹2nd Propedeutic Clinic of Internal Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

²Endoscopy Unit, Demokritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece

³Endoscopy and Motility Unit, Central Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

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Cases Journal 2008, 1:229doi:10.1186/1757-1626-1-229


Published:	8 October 2008

Abstract

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.