Diagnosis and treatment of pre-hepatic (sinusoidal) non-cirrhotic portal hypertension and related difficulties / 临床肝胆病杂志

ABSTRACT

Pre-hepatic (sinusoidal) non-cirrhotic portal hypertension is a group of vascular heterogeneous diseases with portal hypertension as the prominent manifestation and has a complex etiology. Compared with the patients with cirrhotic portal hypertension, the patients with pre-hepatic (sinusoidal) non-cirrhotic portal hypertension have normal liver functions, normal or a mild increase in hepatic venous pressure gradient, and better prognosis. Pre-hepatic (sinusoidal) non-cirrhotic portal hypertension may easily be misdiagnosed as unexplained cirrhotic portal hypertension, and liver pathology is the gold standard for diagnosis. Non-selective β-receptor blockers and endoscopy are major therapies for this disease, but there is a lack of high-quality clinical evidence from large-scale prospective multicenter studies.