[Porto sinusoidal vascular disease: an unusual cause of digestive bleeding].

Portal hypertension (PHT) is defined as an increase in pressure at the level of the portal vein above 5 mmHg, the most common cause being liver cirrhosis. Among the presinusoidal intrahepatic causes of PHT with portal venular involvement, what was traditionally known as idiopathic non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (NCIH) is described, with the requirements of excluding those patients who did not present PHT, as well as those with the presence of liver cirrhosis and thrombosis. portal venous vein (PVT).

[Hepatotoxicity by tamsulosin / dutasteride: report of a probable case].

Tamsulosin and dutasteride are drugs widely used to treat benign prostatic hypertrophy. having a good safety profile. There are few reports of liver injury associated with the use of tamsulosin; however, there are no reports of hepatic toxicity from the use of dutasteride and the combined use of tamsulosin/dutasteride.