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Partial portal decompression: Two approaches to the management of portal hypertension

✍ Scribed by Eric B. Rypins; I. James Sarfeh

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1990
Tongue
English
Weight
411 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
0270-9139

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✦ Synopsis

Liver abscesses due to Yersinia enterocolitica usually occur in patients with a pathological iron overload. A case of multiple liver abscesses in a patient with haemochromatosis is reported and the literature is reviewed.

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