Hepatic veno-occlusive disease
| Hepatic veno-occlusive disease | |
|---|---|
| Term | Hepatic veno-occlusive disease |
| Short definition | hepatic veno-occlusive disease (heh-PA-tik VEE-noh-uh-KLOO-siv dih-ZEEZ) A condition in which some veins in the liver are blocked. This leads to a decrease in blood flow in the liver and can lead to liver damage. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
hepatic veno-occlusive disease - (pronounced) (heh-PA-tik VEE-noh-uh-KLOO-siv dih-ZEEZ) A condition in which some veins in the liver are blocked. This leads to a decrease in blood flow in the liver and can lead to liver damage. Signs and symptoms include weight gain, yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes, dark-colored urine, and enlarged liver. It can occur at some point after radiation therapy to the liver and bile ducts, or after high doses of anti-cancer drugs before stem cell transplantation. Also called sinusoidal obstruction syndrome
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- Medical encyclopedia article on Hepatic veno-occlusive disease
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