Portal hypertension causes
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Many conditions can result in portal hypertension. In North America and Europe, it is usually the result of an intrahepatic block due to cirrhosis of the liver. However, in less industrialized parts of the world, climate permitting, the major cause is schistosomiasis.
Causes
Prehepatic
- Congenital abnormalities
- Idiopathic tropical splenomegaly
- Portal vein occlusion
- Splenic vein thrombosis
- Umbilical sepsis
Intrahepatic
- Alcoholic hepatitis
- Beck's disease
- Chronic hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Fatty liver
- Fulminant hepatic failure
- Hodgkin's lymphoma
- Osteomyelosclerosis
- Partial nodular transformation
- Schistosomiasis
- Wilson's disease
Posthepatic
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congestive heart failure
- Constructive pericarditis
- Inferior vena cava obstruction
- Tricuspid insufficiency
Causes by Organ System
Causes in Alphabetical Order