Cirrhosis, Chronic Liver Disease
Cirrhosis, Chronic Liver Disease: Excerpt from A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
Alcoholic
Infectious
Viral hepatitis (especially B and C)
Schistosomiasis
Other infections (uncommon; e.g., congenital syphilis, brucellosis)
Biliary
Primary biliary cirrhosis
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
Secondary biliary cirrhosis (chronic extrahepatic
obstruction)
Autoimmune cholangiopathy
Autoimmune chronic active hepatitis
“Cryptogenic” cirrhosis
Posthepatitic (non-B, non-C)
Postnecrotic
Chemical
Toxins
Alcohol
Carbon tetrachloride
Dimethylnitrosamine
Phosphorus
Vinyl chloride
Arsenic
Beryllium
Pesticides
Drugs
Halothane
Isoniazid
Methotrexate
Methyldopa
Monamine oxidase inhibitors
Nitrofurantoin
Oxyphenisatin
Congestive
Severe chronic right heart failure
Tricuspid insufficiency
Constrictive pericarditis
Cor pulmonale
Mitral stenosis
Hepatic vein obstruction (Budd-Chiari syndrome)
Veno-occlusive disease
Hereditary or familial disorders
Wilson's disease
Cystic fibrosis
Alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency
Hemochromatosis
Galactosemia
Glycogen storage diseases
Hereditary fructose intolerance
Tyrosinosis
Hypervitaminosis A
Thalassemia (secondary iron overload)
Sickle cell disease
Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome
Abetalipoproteinemia
Others
Sarcoidosis
Granulomatous cirrhosis
Congenital hepatic fibrosis
Indian childhood cirrhosis
Nutritional (e.g., jejunoileal bypass surgery)
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Reference
1. Tomaiolo PP, Patwardhan RV: Consequences of Chronic Liver Disease, p. 384. See Bibliography, 13.
Book Source Details
- Book Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis
- Author(s): Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra
- Year of Publication: 1999
- Copyright Details: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis, Copyright © 1999 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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