Liver metastases - An unusual cause of portal hypertension: A case report.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Portal hypertension is a rare complication of liver metastases. The study highlights that clinician should be aware of conditions mimicking cirrhosis with similar clinical presentation and imaging findings.

Case presentation

We present the case of a 29-year-old non-alcoholic lady who presented to our hospital with a history of two months of progressive, painless abdominal distension and progressively increasing yellowish discoloration of the eyes. Physical examination, laboratory investigations, and imaging tests led to a diagnosis of multiple metastases from breast carcinoma to the liver leading to portal hypertension after exclusion of other causes of portal hypertension. However, after three weeks of presentation to the hospital, the patient died before any t

SUBMITTER: Pandey R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9793164 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature