Cirrhosis
Etiology
- Chronic hepatitis C or B
- Alcoholism
- Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- Cryptogenic
- Metabolic, eg, hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease, alpha-1-antiprotease deficiency
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Secondary biliary cirrhosis (chronic obstruction due to stone, stricture, neoplasm)
- Congestive heart failure (CHF) or constrictive pericarditis ("cardiac cirrhosis")
- Other: Budd-Chiari syndrome, cystic fibrosis, autoimmune hepatitis, Clonorchis sinensis infection, glycogen storage disease
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Cirrhosis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114704/all/Cirrhosis.
Zeiger RFR. Cirrhosis. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114704/all/Cirrhosis. Accessed November 21, 2024.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Cirrhosis. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114704/all/Cirrhosis
Zeiger RFR. Cirrhosis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2024 November 21]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114704/all/Cirrhosis.
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