Liver cirrhosis is a disease in which normal tissue of liver replaced with scar tissue, liver cirrhosis is the 12th leading cause of deaths by disease in the world.Liver cirrhosis is caused by any factor that can damage liver tissues, mostly fatty liver and chronic liver diseases are the major cause of liver cirrhosis. We are presenting here the case of an Asian man who was the victim of liver ...

To determine whether portal lymphadenopathy in primary biliary cirrhosis is caused by deposition of lipofuscin pigment in sinus histiocytes and to compare primary biliary cirrhosis with other liver diseases a retrospective study on a consecutive series of 169 livers obtained at transplantation was carried out. There were grouped into eight diagnostic categories: primary biliary cirrhosis (n = 5...

INTRODUCTION Visceral leishmaniasis is a potentially life-threatening infectious disease which is caused by parasites of the genus Leishmania and characterized in most cases by the presence of fever as well as signs and symptoms similar to those found in liver cirrhosis. CASE PRESENTATION In this case report we describe the history of a 50-year-old Caucasian man incorrectly diagnosed as havin...

Primary splenic lymphoma is rare as non-Hodgkin lymphomas. Splenic infiltration of lymphoma cells may cause splenomegaly in many cases. However, splenomegaly is caused not only by tumor involvement but also by non-tumorous disorders. One of the most prevalent non-neoplastic causes is portal hypertension mostly due to liver cirrhosis. On the other hand, liver cirrhosis may underlie various extra...