An 18-Year-Old Man with Idiopathic Non-cirrhotic Portal Hypertension
Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension (NCPH) is a rare cause of hematemesis and melena. Like in cirrhotic patient, hematemesis in NCPH patient was caused by rupture of esophageal varices. But unlike in cirrhotic patient, in NCPH there are no sign of liver failure, because liver physiology is still norma...
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description | Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension (NCPH) is a rare cause of hematemesis and melena. Like in cirrhotic patient, hematemesis in NCPH patient was caused by rupture of esophageal varices. But unlike in cirrhotic patient, in NCPH there are no sign of liver failure, because liver physiology is still normal. We reported case of male patient with NCPH that had hematemesis because of rupture of esophageal varices. |
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spelling | doaj.art-9eb02957bea84925872497b150753dee2022-12-21T17:31:51ZengInterna PublishingActa Medica Indonesiana0125-93262338-27322019-08-01512318An 18-Year-Old Man with Idiopathic Non-cirrhotic Portal HypertensionIrene Saveria0Syifa Mustika1Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , University of Brawijaya - Saiful Anwar Hospital, Malang, Indonesia.Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine , University of Brawijaya - Saiful Anwar Hospital, Malang, Indonesia.Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension (NCPH) is a rare cause of hematemesis and melena. Like in cirrhotic patient, hematemesis in NCPH patient was caused by rupture of esophageal varices. But unlike in cirrhotic patient, in NCPH there are no sign of liver failure, because liver physiology is still normal. We reported case of male patient with NCPH that had hematemesis because of rupture of esophageal varices.http://actamedindones.org/index.php/ijim/article/view/270non-cirrhotic portal hypertensionhematemesisrupture variceal esophagus |
spellingShingle | Irene Saveria Syifa Mustika An 18-Year-Old Man with Idiopathic Non-cirrhotic Portal Hypertension Acta Medica Indonesiana non-cirrhotic portal hypertension hematemesis rupture variceal esophagus |
title | An 18-Year-Old Man with Idiopathic Non-cirrhotic Portal Hypertension |
title_full | An 18-Year-Old Man with Idiopathic Non-cirrhotic Portal Hypertension |
title_fullStr | An 18-Year-Old Man with Idiopathic Non-cirrhotic Portal Hypertension |
title_full_unstemmed | An 18-Year-Old Man with Idiopathic Non-cirrhotic Portal Hypertension |
title_short | An 18-Year-Old Man with Idiopathic Non-cirrhotic Portal Hypertension |
title_sort | 18 year old man with idiopathic non cirrhotic portal hypertension |
topic | non-cirrhotic portal hypertension hematemesis rupture variceal esophagus |
url | http://actamedindones.org/index.php/ijim/article/view/270 |
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