Etiology of portal hypertension
Presinusoidal causes Idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension Biliary diseases (primary biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis) Neoplastic and nonneoplastic occlusion of the portal vein Schistosomiasis Polycystic disease Arteriovenous fistulas Congenital hepatic fibrosis |
Sinusoidal causes Drug-induced Alcoholic liver damage Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis Viral hepatitis Amyloid Infiltrative diseases Visceral leishmaniasis Gaucher disease Acute fatty liver of pregnancy |
Postsinusoidal causes Budd-Chiari syndrome Veno-occlusive disease Hypervitaminosis A Primary vascular malignancies Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and angiosarcoma |