Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Strongyloides Infection with Portal Vein Thrombosis

Abstract

A few years ago 64-year-old Egyptian male was admitted to our gastro-enterology department because of fever. He is known with HCV and hepatocellular carcinoma for which he was operated on in 2008. This operation enhanced a partial left liver resection, but revealed to be irradical. He received RFA additionally. Now he presented himself with ongoing fever, antibiotics had no effect. Hepatocellular carcinoma and strongyloides infection with portal vein thrombosisVolume 4 Issue 1 -2018 Marije Vlug Maag-Darm-en Leverarts, Netherlands Correspondence: Marije Vlug, Maag-Darm-en Leverarts, AbstractMore than 80% of the primary liver cancers are hepatocellular carcinomas (HCC) and these tumors occurs in livers that are cirrhotic due to, for example, chronic hepatitis B (HBV) or C (HCV) viral infections.We report a case of a 64-year-old Egyptian male who was admitted to our hospital with fever of unknown origin and elevated liverenzyms. He is known with HCV and multifocal HCC. He was treated for the HCC with a partial left liver resection and radiofrequent ablation (RFA), recently. Eventually there appeared to be an underlying strongyloides infection which causes portal vein thrombosis with general malaise, elevated liverenzyms and ascites. After treatment of the strongyloides infection his laboratory results normalized and his symptoms disappeared.