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Portal hypertension

Synonyms
Portal venous hypertension
May Cause
Diffuse gallbladder wall thickening
Dilated azygos vein
Esophageal varices
Localized pulmonary vessel enlargement
Small bowel edema
Splenomegaly with diffuse hypoechoic pattern
Splenomegaly with normal echogenicity
T2-hyperintense periportal tissue
Telangiectasia
Thromboembolism of portal vein
Varices
May Be Caused by
 Common
Cirrhosis
Constrictive pericarditis
Heart failure
Hepatitis
Liver atrophy
Pancreatic disease with portal obstruction
Portal vein thrombosis
Splenic vein thrombosis
 Uncommon
Alagille syndrome
Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency
Baller-Gerold syndrome
Banti syndrome
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Caroli disease
Cholesterol ester storage disease
CREST syndrome
Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome
Cystic fibrosis
Fatty liver
Gaucher disease
Glycogen storage disease type 3
Glycogen storage disease type 4
Hemochromatosis
Hepatic fibrosis-renal cystic disease
Hepatorenal syndrome
Increased portal vein flow
Multiple transfusion effect
Nodular regenerative hyperplasia
Non-cirrhotic portal hypertension
Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome
Polycythemia vera
Portal hypertensive gastropathy
Portopulmonary hypertension
Retroperitoneal inflammatory disease
Schistosomiasis
Tropical splenomegaly syndrome
Wilson disease

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