Portal hypertension

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• Causes

  • Cirrhosis
  • Chronic liver disease
  • Portal vein thrombosis
  • Splenic vein thrombosis
  • Primary biliary cirrhosis
  • Budd-Chiari syndrome

• Effects

  • Splenomegaly
  • Oesophageal varices
  • Haemorrhoid
  • Caput medusae
  • Ascites
  • Abdominal venous hum
  • Moderate splenomegaly

• Parents

  • Upper gastrointestinal pathology

• Treatments

  • Propranolol