Cirrhosis, Chronic Liver Disease

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

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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More About This Book: Title: A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis Authors: Stephen N. Adler, Dianne B. Gasbarra Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Copyright: 1999 ISBN: 0-78171-943-7

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