Portal hypertensia a syndrome - a symptom-complex, described rising of pressure in pool of a portal vein, expansion of natural anastomoses, an ascites, a splenomegaly. Distinguish the extrahepatic form of a portal hypertensia when the obstacle to a blood flow is localized in extrahepatic departments of a portal vein or in departments outside of organs of hepatic veins, intrahepatic (the obstacle to a blood flow is localized in the liver) and admixed forms of a portal hypertensia. Allocate also acute and chronic syndromes of a portal hypertensia. Owing to stagnation of a blood, rising of pressure in a portal vein, and also a hypoalbuminemia the ascites is formed, the lien is enlarged.

Signs, current. At an early stage proceeds asymptomatically, in later cases occurrence of an ascites, expansion of hemorrhoidal and hypodermic paraumbilical veins (in the form of « a head of the Jellyfish »), occurrence of repeated hemorrhoidal or profuse is esophageal -gastric bleedings is characteristic; the last quite often are the reason of destruction of patients.