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Intrahepatic portal hypertension secondary to metastatic carcinoma of the prostate. WMJ 2007 Feb;106(1):34-6

Date

03/31/2007

Pubmed ID

17393756

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-33847164087 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   6 Citations

Abstract

While the liver is a common site of metastasis, tumor metastases are not a common cause of portal hypertension. We report a case of a patient with symptomatic portal hypertension due to diffuse metastatic prostate carcinoma infiltration of liver parenchyma that was not appreciated with routine imaging.

Author List

Attila T, Datta MW, Sudakoff G, Abu-Hajir M, Massey BT

Author

Benson T. Massey MD Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Biopsy
Humans
Hypertension, Portal
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Metastasis
Prostatic Neoplasms
Tomography, X-Ray Computed