[A puzzling case of portal hypertension in a patient with human immunodeficiency and hepatitis C virus co-infection]

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2007 Oct;31(10):878-80. doi: 10.1016/s0399-8320(07)73984-2.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The case of a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV)-coinfected patient with a medical history of deep venous thrombosis is presented. A liver biopsy, performed for unexpected portal hypertension, showed vascular lesions presenting as nodular regenerative hyperplasia. Vascular liver diseases seem to be a new cause of chronic liver disease in HIV-infected patients receiving combined antiretroviral therapy. The syndrome of HIV-associated liver vasculopathy is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anti-Retroviral Agents / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Infections / drug therapy
  • Hepatitis C, Chronic / complications*
  • Humans
  • Hyperplasia / pathology
  • Hypertension, Portal / complications*
  • Liver / pathology
  • Liver Regeneration
  • Male

Substances

  • Anti-Retroviral Agents