Copyright
©2011 Baishideng Publishing Group Co., Limited. All rights reserved.
World J Gastroenterol. May 28, 2011; 17(20): 2580-2584
Published online May 28, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i20.2580
Published online May 28, 2011. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v17.i20.2580
Non-cirrhotic portal hypertension with large regenerative nodules: A diagnostic challenge
Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, Paolo Gallo, Giovanni Galati, Sandro Spataro, Chiara Mazzarelli, Antonella Afeltra, Antonio Picardi, Clinical Medicine and Hepatology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, 00128 Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Perrone, Clinical Pathology, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, 00128 Rome, Italy
Riccardo Del Vescovo, Department of Radiology, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, 00128 Rome, Italy
Adriano Pellicelli, Hepatology Unit, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, 00152 Rome, Italy
Author contributions: All authors contributed equally to this work; Vespasiani Gentilucci U and Gallo P wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Umberto Vespasiani Gentilucci, MD, Clinical Medicine and Hepatology Unit, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, 00128 Rome, Italy. u.vespasiani@unicampus.it
Telephone: +39-6-225411 Fax: +39-6-22541456
Received: November 27, 2010
Revised: February 15, 2011
Accepted: February 22, 2011
Published online: May 28, 2011
Revised: February 15, 2011
Accepted: February 22, 2011
Published online: May 28, 2011
Core Tip