Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Silvia Suárez-Díaz; Marta García-Calonge; Guillermo Mendoza-Pacas; Lourdes Mozo-Avellaneda; Luis Caminal-Montero

doi:10.7759/cureus.35494

Non-Cirrhotic Portal Hypertension in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Cureus. 2023 Feb 26;15(2):e35494. doi: 10.7759/cureus.35494. eCollection 2023 Feb.

Authors

Silvia Suárez-Díaz¹, Marta García-Calonge², Guillermo Mendoza-Pacas³, Lourdes Mozo-Avellaneda⁴, Luis Caminal-Montero⁵

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Valle del Nalón, Langreo, ESP.
² Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, ESP.
³ Pathology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, ESP.
⁴ Inmunlogy Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, ESP.
⁵ Internal Medicine Department, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA) Hospital Universitario Central de ASturias., Oviedo, ESP.

Abstract

We report the case of idiopathic non-cirrhotic portal hypertension associated with systemic lupus erythematosus in a 43-year-old woman who suffered from breast cancer. We review this rare condition, as well as its diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.

Keywords: cirrhosis; idiopathic non-cirrhotic portal hypertension; liver involvement; noncirrhotic portal hypertension; systemic lupus erythematosus.

Publication types

Case Reports