portal hypertension   (TTS Sound)

The portal_hypertension has 1 Senses.

• portal hypertension
• increase in blood pressure in the veins of the portal system caused by obstruction in the liver (often associated with alcoholic cirrhosis), causing enlargement of the spleen and collateral veins
• 肝臓（しばしばアルコール性肝硬変と関係している）での障害に起因する門脈系の静脈の血圧の増加（脾臓と副次的な静脈の腫張を引き起こす）