Acute pylephlebitis secondary to perforated sigmoid diverticulitis: A case report

Pylephlebitis is defined as the development of portal venous thrombosis secondary to intra–abdominal infection or inflammation. We present the case of a 69-year-old male with pylephlebitis who attended the Emergency Department with nonspecific abdominal pain, rigors and deranged liver function tests...

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Main Authors: Luqman Wali, MBBS, MRes, Ali Shah, BSc, MBBS, Stefan Sleiman, Bsc, MBBS, Tord Hogsand, MUDr, Sasha Humphries, MBBS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:Radiology Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043321001801