Misdiagnosis of Hidden Causes of Portal hypertension

Underlying conditions list:

The list of possible underlying conditions mentioned in various sources for Portal hypertension includes:

• Cirrhosis of the liver
• Portal vein thrombosis
• Portal vein compression
• Portal vein abnormality
• Congenital narrowing of the portal vein
• Splenic vein thrombosis
• Congenital atresia or stenosis of portal vein
• Extrinsic compression (tumors)
• Splanchnic arteriovenous fistula
• Schistosomiasis (early stage)
• Primary biliary cirrhosis (early stage)
• Idiopathic portal hypertension (early stage)
• Nodular regenerative hyperplasia
• Myeloproliferative diseases: These act by direct infiltration by malignant cells
• Polycystic disease
• Hepatic metastasis
• Granulomatous diseases (sarcoidosis, tuberculosis)
• Hepatic cirrhosis
• Acute alcoholic hepatitis
• Schistosomiasis

Other underlying conditions related to Portal hypertension:

• Gastrointestinal bleeding
• Haemorrhoids
• Hepatorenal syndrome
• Oesophageal varices
• Pulmonary hypertension

Source: Diseases Database

Portal hypertension as a complication:

Other conditions that might have Portal hypertension as a complication might be potential underlying conditions. The list of conditions listing Portal hypertension as a complication includes:

• Adult Cystic Fibrosis
• Anemia, Blackfan Diamond
• Berry aneurysm, cirrhosis, pulmonary emphysema, and cerebral calcification
• Chronic Hepatitis
• Cirrhosis of the liver
• Diamond-Blackfan anemia
• Interferon gamma, receptor 1, deficiency
• Liver fibrosis
• Primary biliary cirrhosis
• Primary sclerosing cholangitis
• Pure red cell aplasia, congenital
• Wilson's Disease

Portal hypertension as a symptom:

Conditions listing Portal hypertension as a symptom may also be potential underlying conditions.

You may also want to research other symptoms in our Symptoms Center.

• Biliary Atresia
• Budd-Chiari syndrome
• Cerebellar vermis hypoplasia - oligophrenia - congenital ataxia - coloboma - hepatic fibrosis
• Cholestasis
• COACH syndrome
• Congenital hepatic fibrosis
• Gaucher disease type 3
• Glycosylphosphatidylinositol deficiency
• Hepatic amyloidosis with intrahepatic cholestasis
• Hepatic fibrosis, congenital
• Hepatic Venoocclusive Disease with immunodeficiency
• Hypercoagulability syndrome, due to glycosylphosphatidylinositol deficiency
• Idiopathic liver cirrhosis
• Mosse syndrome
• Neonatal hepatitis
• NISCH syndrome
• Portal hypertension due to intrahepatic block
• Portal thrombosis
• Portal vein thrombosis

About underlying conditions:

With a diagnosis of Portal hypertension, it is important to consider whether there is an underlying condition causing Portal hypertension. These are other medical conditions that may possibly cause Portal hypertension. For general information on this form of misdiagnosis, see Underlying Condition Misdiagnosis or Overview of Misdiagnosis.