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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Main Authors: Irene Saveria, Syifa Mustika
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Interna Publishing 2019-08-01
Series:Acta Medica Indonesiana
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Online Access:http://actamedindones.org/index.php/ijim/article/view/270
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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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