Case Report
Variceal Bleed and Portal Hypertensive Gastropathy in a Noncirrhotic Patient with Isolated Splenomegaly
Table 1
Medication and substance induced causes of noncirrhotic portal hypertension.
| (i) Prehepatic |
| (a) Splenomegaly |
| Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) |
| (ii) Hepatic |
| (a) Presinusoidal |
| Vinyl chloride |
| (b) Sinusoidal |
| Methotrexate, amiodarone, vinyl chloride, copper, alcohol |
| (c) Postsinusoidal |
| Gemtuzumab ozogamicin, actinomycin D, dacarbazine, cytosine arabinoside, mithramycin, 6-thioguanine, azathioprine, busulfan, cyclophosphamide, vitamin A, alcohol, pyrrolizidine alkaloids |
| (iii) Posthepatic |
| Any agent causing cardiomyopathy or congestive heart failure |
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