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PORTAL HYPERTENSION [6 records]

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Record 1 2017-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vessels (Medicine)
  • The Esophagus
CONT

Esophageal varices(a complex of longitudinal, tortuous veins at the lower end of the esophagus) enlarge and become edematous as the result of portal hypertension. They are especially susceptible to ulceration and hemorrhage. Varices can rupture as a result of anything that increases the abdominal venous pressure, such as coughing, sneezing, vomiting, or the Valsalva maneuver.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
  • Oesophage
DEF

Dilatation pathologique des veines inférieures de l'œsophage [qui témoigne] de l'installation anormale d'anastomoses (circuits de dérivation) veineuses entre système porte et système cave, dues à une hypertension portale (cirrhose, cancer du foie, thrombose de la veine porte).

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
DEF

Originally described as a primary disease of the spleen associated with splenomegaly and pancytopenia, but later considered secondary to portal hypertension.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Foie et voies biliaires
DEF

Affection de la rate associée à une splénomégalie, une pancytopénie périphérique avec moelle riche, et des signes d'hypertension portale avec altération fonctionnelle et anatomique du foie.

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

cirrhosis of the liver with portal hypertension, associated with congenital patency of the umbilical or paraumbilical veins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Foie et voies biliaires
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Variété rare de cirrhose associée à une anomalie congénitale du réseau veineux porto-ombilical, caractérisée par la persistance de la veine ombilicale.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
DEF

A cirrhosis in which normal liver lobules are replaced by small regeneration nodules, sometimes containing fat, separated by a fairly regular framework of fine fibrous tissue strands; usually due to chronic alcoholism.

OBS

Can progress to severe impairment of liver functions, portal hypertension with ascites and esophageal varices, and life-threatening complications.

Key term(s)
  • Laennec’s cirrhosis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Foie et voies biliaires
DEF

Forme de cirrhose, généralement alcoolique, caractérisée par la diminution de la taille du foie, qui est scléreux et dur.

OBS

Sous la dénomination de «Laennec's cirrhosis», les auteurs anglais désignent les cirrhoses micronodulaires sans tenir compte de la taille du foie, contrairement aux auteurs français [pour qui la «cirrhose de Laennec» est nécessairement accompagnée d'une diminution de la taille du foie].

Key term(s)
  • cirrhose de Laënnec

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Liver and Biliary Ducts
DEF

A rare form of biliary cirrhosis of unknown etiology, in which small intrahepatic bile ducts are destroyed while the major intra-and extrahepatic ducts remain patent; it is characterized by chronic cholestasis with pruritus, jaundice, hypercholesterolemia and xanthomas, osteomalacia, and, in the later stages by portal hypertension and liver failure. Almost all patients have circulating antimitochondrial antibodies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Foie et voies biliaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hígado y conductos biliares
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Record 6 1994-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blood
  • Social Problems
  • Digestive Tract
DEF

Abnormally increased blood pressure in the portal venous system, a frequent complication of cirrhosis of the liver.

CONT

Swelling of the liver puts pressure on the blood vessels that pass through it, causing the pressure to build up within the vessels. This condition is known as portal hypertension, and in turn may contribute to a swelling of the blood vessels in the esophagus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sang
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Appareil digestif
DEF

Ensemble des manifestations pathologiques liées à une élévation permanente de la pression sanguine dans le système porté au-dessus de 15 mm soit 2 kilopascal de mercure, ou plus précisément à une élévation du gradient porto-cave au-dessus de 5 mm soit 0,7 kilopascal de mercure.

CONT

Décrite à partir de la fin du XIXe siècle par Gilbert et son école, l'hypertension portale est due presque exclusivement à des obstacles sur la circulation porto-hépatique, soit en amont du foie sur la veine porte (bloc préhépatique) soit dans le foie (bloc intrahépatique), soit sur les veines sus-hépatiques.

Spanish

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