Biyik, MuratUcar, RamazanGungor, GokhanOzer Cakir, OzlemEsen, HasanAksan, SerkanAtaseven, Huseyin2024-02-232024-02-2320131300-4948https://doi.org/10.4318/tjg.2013.0587https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12452/16521Alstrom syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by cone-rod dystrophy, hearing loss, childhood truncal obesity, insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia, type 2 diabetes, hypertriglyceridemia, short stature in adulthood, cardiomyopathy, and progressive pulmonary, hepatic, and renal dysfunction. Alstrom syndrome is a very rare cause of liver cirrhosis. Post-mortem biopsies of patients with Alstrom syndrome show relevant fibrosis in multiple organs especially in the liver, kidneys, heart, and lungs. We report the case of a patient with Alstrom syndrome who presented to emergency department with esophageal variceal bleeding and who was not known to have hepatic cirrhosis before.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessAlstrom SyndromeHepatic FibrosisLiver CirrhosisVariceal BleedingArticle246546548246232952-s2.0-84894197738Q3WOS:000331851200014Q410.4318/tjg.2013.0587