Portal vein blood flow accounts for 75% of total hepatic blood flow, with the hepatic artery accounting for the remainder. As a result, portal vein occlusion may have significant consequences for ...

Background A 52-year-old man presented to hospital having experienced abdominal pain, abdominal distention and oliguria for 1 week. An abdominal CT scan revealed thrombosis in the superior mesenteric ...

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a critical complication in liver cirrhosis (LC), significantly worsening portal hypertension and accelerating the progression to decompensation. Early identification of ...

Researchers explored the case of a 40-year-old woman with polycythemia vera (PV) who developed a portal vein occlusion 1.5 months postpartum after C-section. As one of the 3 main classic disorders of ...

The techniques of hematopoietic cell transplantation at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have been described previously. 15 Briefly, patients underwent a myeloablative conditioning regimen ...

Nurses and oncologists need to give portal vein thrombosis a closer look, according to one oncolgy nurse. Despite its deadly potential, portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a frequently overlooked side ...

Background and Aims Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) frequently occurs in patients with porto-sinusoidal vascular disease (PSVD), but its clinical characteristics and outcomes remain poorly understood.

Comparison of immune checkpoint inhibitor monotherapy versus Sorafenib in unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract ...

The portal venous system refers to the veins that drain blood from the intestines, stomach, pancreas, esophagus and spleen into the liver prior to entering the main or systemic circulation. All ...

Persistent polycythemia, even if mild, should prompt investigations for secondary causes and, if none are found, referral to hematology and JAK2 mutation testing for polycythemia vera.