A case of Budd-Chiari syndrome associated with alveolar echinococcosis. | Journal of Pakistan Medical Association 2014

Author(s)

Sevdegul Karadas Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey

Dulger Ahmet Cumhur Department of Gastroenterology Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey

Gultepe Bilge Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey

Beyazal Mehmet Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey

Kosem Mustafa Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey

Abstract

Alveolar echinococcosis of the liver is caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus multilocularis. Budd-Chiari Syndrome (BCS) is a hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction and involves abdominal pain, hepatomegaly and high-gradient ascites. A low-gradient ascites in connection with the Syndrome rarely occurs in case of alveolar echinococcosis of the liver. Here we report a 20-year-old man with the syndrome and low-gradient ascites due to a huge liver mass. Further diagnostic examination revealed alveolar echinococcosis of the liver. Diuretic agents and albendazole were used as palliative therapy in the case.

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Page(s) 465-467

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Published Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association, Volume: 64, Issue: 4, Year: 2014

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