Non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis at a tertiary care centre in South India.

CONCLUSION: NCPF is common in South India. Transient ascites occurs due to decompensation of liver function after variceal bleeding and in long standing cases of NCPF. Our study used Tc-sulphur scan for diagnosing NCPF in patients where liver biopsy was contraindicated in view of severe thrombocytopenia; however, the diagnostic utility of Tc-sulphur nuclear scan to diagnose NCPF in patients with severe hypersplenism needs to be further evaluated in future studies. PMID: 26989144 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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