Chronic liver disease causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.

Cardiovascular	Right heart failure
Chemical / poisoning	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	Methotrexate, Nitrofurantoin
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	No underlying causes
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	Autoimmune hepatitis, Cirrhosis, Hepatitis B , Hepatitis C, Hepatoma, Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, Portal hypertension, Primary biliary cirrhosis , Primary sclerosing cholangitis, Sarcoidosis, Wilson’s disease
Genetic	Gaucher disease, Hemochromatosis, Sarcoidosis, Wilson’s disease, Zellweger syndrome
Hematologic	No underlying causes
Iatrogenic	No underlying causes
Infectious Disease	Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein Barr virus (EBV), Hepatitis B , Hepatitis C
Musculoskeletal / Ortho	No underlying causes
Neurologic	Wilson’s disease
Nutritional / Metabolic	Gaucher disease, Hemochromatosis, Zellweger syndrome
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	Hepatoma
Opthalmologic	Wilson’s disease
Overdose / Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	Sarcoidosis
Renal / Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheum / Immune / Allergy	Autoimmune hepatitis, Primary biliary cirrhosis , Primary sclerosing cholangitis, Sarcoidosis
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	Alcoholic liver disease