Chronic liver disease causes
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Overview
Causes
Causes
Life Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.
Common Causes
- Alcoholic liver disease
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Gaucher disease
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatoma
- Portal hypertension
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Wilson’s disease
- Zellweger syndrome
Causes by Organ System
| 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 |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Alcoholic liver disease
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Epstein Barr virus (EBV)
- Gaucher disease
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatoma
- Metabolic
- Methotrexate
- Nitrofurantoin
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Portal hypertension
- Primary biliary cirrhosis
- Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Right heart failure
- Sarcoidosis
- Wilson’s disease
- Zellweger syndrome
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