A Large Portal Vein: A Rare Finding of Recent Portal Vein Thrombosis
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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 luminal enhancement and enlargement of the obstructed portal vein are shown. In this case report, we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Gastroenterology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1662-0631
DOI: 10.1159/000323386