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Portal Hypertension, Pulmonary involvement is common in patients with portal hypertension. [ 2 ] Examination Signs of portal hypertension: Dilated veins in...
Pulmonary Hypertension, Associated with: HIV infection, portal hypertension, congenital heart disease, schistosomiasis, chronic haemolytic anaemia. A relatively high rate in ...
Investigations as indication for the underlying cause of portal hypertension (see the separate Portal Hypertension article). Imaging [ 4 ] Various imaging techniques are...
Differential diagnosis Cirrhosis . Portal hypertension . Portal vein thrombosis [ 7 ] . Hepatic veno-occlusive disease (common after bone marrow transplantation).
Adults with choledochal cysts can present with one or more severe complications - eg, liver abscesses, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, recurrent pancreatitis, gallstones, cholangiocarcinoma. ...
Splenomegaly is not usually a feature unless presentation is late (aged more than 3 months) and it is thus a sign of portal hypertension. Failure to thrive is a result of poor absorption o...
Significant liver involvement results in portal hypertension. Morbidity and mortality are usually due to portal hypertension, including variceal bleeding and thrombocytopenia or a...
Signs Massive splenomegaly Portal hypertension and hepatomegaly Infections Hyperuricaemia (may show as kidney stones)/ gout Cachexia Amyloidosis Differen...
Splenomegaly (portal hypertension). Hirsutism. Investigation of chronic hepatitis Urinalysis : bilirubin and urobilinogen.
Treatment is indicated for patients with end-stage complications of portal hypertension and severe pulmonary hypertension but these patients are much less likely to benefit from trea...
Hypertension, How common is hypertension? In the UK, hypertension is the third biggest risk factor for premature death and disability, after smoking and diet. [ 1 ] In 2...
Differential diagnosis [ 1 ] Vascular: hepatic artery thrombosis, portal hypertension biliopathy, portal cavernoma associated cholangiopathy, intra-arterial chemotherapy, sic...
As the cirrhosis becomes worse, this causes back pressure in the portal vein (known as portal hypertension). The portal vein is the vein that takes blood from the gut to the...
Vascular damage to the liver can result in non-cirrhotic portal hypertension [ 10 ] . Female carriers of the condition may have discoid lupus erythematosus or Jessner lymphocytic infiltrat...
Meigs' syndrome Ascites Chylous ascites Malignant ascites Abdominal paracentesis Portal hypertension with ascites Ascites in cirrhosis
Increased blood flow from an enlarged spleen can lead to high blood pressure in the portal vein (portal hypertension). This in turn can force excess blood into smaller veins in your ...
Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension, What is idiopathic intracranial hypertension? In idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) there is raised pressure within the skul...
Patients with advanced disease experience severe constitutional symptoms (general malaise, weight loss, night sweats and low-grade fever), massive splenomegaly (pain, early satiety, splenic infarction...
The fibrosis causes distortion of the hepatic vasculature and can lead to an increased intrahepatic resistance and portal hypertension. Portal hypertension can lead to oesophageal va...
Hypertension in Childhood, Children with symptomatic hypertension, secondary hypertension, target organ damage, diabetes or persistent hypertension despite non-phar...