A case report. Middle-aged congenital hepatic fibrosis followed up as idiopathic portal hypertension.

Pediatric Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Case Series report

Khalilzadeh S1, Baghaei N2, Bolorsaz MR1, Masjedi MR3 1. Associate professor, Department of pediatrics, Education, research and treatment center of tuberculosis and long diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of medical sciences 2. Assistant professor, Department of pediatrics, Education, research and treatment center of tuberculosis and long diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of medical s...

Idiopathic portal hypertension complicating systemic sclerosis: a case report

BACKGROUND Patients with systemic sclerosis may develop mild abnormalities of liver function tests. More serious hepatic involvement has been well documented but is rare. Idiopathic portal hypertension had been reported only in a few female patients with systemic sclerosis. CASE PRESENTATION An 82-year-old man with known systemic sclerosis presented with melaena. Urgent gastroscopy revealed o...

Idiopathic portal hypertension complicating systemic sclerosis: Case report

Celiac disease as a potential cause of idiopathic portal hypertension: a case report

INTRODUCTION Idiopathic portal hypertension is a disorder of unknown etiology, clinically characterized by portal hypertension, splenomegaly and anemia secondary to hypersplenism. CASE PRESENTATION A 54-year-old man was admitted to our hospital for evaluation of malaise, weight loss, abdominal swelling and lower limb edema. His paraclinical tests revealed pancytopenia, large ascites, splenome...

Congenital hepatic fibrosis in an aborted calf

An aborted female Holstein foetus with marked generalized anasarca was referred to the Excellence Centre for Ruminant Abortion and Neonatal Mortality, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. On postmortem examination, red-tinged ascites, pale and firm liver with extreme irregularity and numerous round to oval slightly raised foci on the capsular surface were seen. Histological examination revealed wide...