A Large Portal Vein: A Rare Finding of Recent Portal Vein Thrombosis

Acute portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is rarely encountered by clinicians. The most common manifestation of acute PVT is sudden onset of abdominal pain. A computed tomography scan without contrast often shows a high-density material in the portal vein. After injection of contrast agents, absence of lum...

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Published in:	Case Reports in Gastroenterology
Main Authors:	Xingshun Qi, Guohong Han, Zhanxin Yin, Chuangye He, Ming Bai, Zhiping Yang, Wengang Guo, Jing Niu, Kaichun Wu, Daiming Fan
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Karger Publishers 2011-01-01
Subjects:	Portal vein thrombosis Computed tomography Anticoagulation Thrombolysis
Online Access:	http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/323386