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== [[Portosystemic Shunt]] ==
 
== [[Portosystemic Shunt]] ==
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== Idiopathic noncirrhotic portal hypertension ==
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== [[Portal Hypertension, Idiopathic Noncirrhotic]] ==
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JAVMA paper
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*Portal hypertension
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*Sustained impairment of forward venous  flow anywhere along the path from the portal vein to the right side of the heart.
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*Luminal (thrombosis, parasites) or extraluminal obstruction (hepatic fibrosis or nodular regeneration) or relative restriction of flow due to massive portal volume overload (arterioportal fistulas).
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*Hepatomegaly associated with posthepatic obstruction
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*Microhepatica – associated with prehepatic/hepatic causes.
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*Hepatic encephalopathy and GI bleeding not associated with posthepatic causes.
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*Most common causes are RHS heart failure and severe diffuse hepatobiliary disease that results in cirrhosis.
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===Histology===
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*indistinguishable from microvascular dysplasia or surgically created portosystemic shunts
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**Portal triad arteriole proliferation
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**portal veins small to large
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**variable portal triad fibrosis
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**hepatic lobule size variation
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**arterioles scattered throughout hepatic parenchyma
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**portal veins – small
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**expanded perivenular connective tissue by arterioles and distended lymphatics.
   
[[Category:Liver_-_Pathology]]
 
[[Category:Liver_-_Pathology]]
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