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cerebral vein thrombosis (cvt) is an infrequent condition with a large variety of causes that can lead to serious disabilities. however, in 20% to 35% of cases, no cause is found. in this study we evaluated the hereditary (p & c proteins, antithrombin, mutation of prothrombin g20210a and factor v leiden), other risk factors (hyperhomocycteinemia, factor viii, acl-ab, apl-ab, and ocp) and clinic...

Ascites in the course of Crohn's diseases is rarely seen and usually is a result of a concomitant malignancy, infection or thrombosis of portal or hepatic veins. In this article, a 55-year-old female patient suffering from severe ascites and finally diagnosed as Crohn's disease is presented. Further investigations revealed no malignancy, peritoneal infection or vein thrombosis. Treatment of Cro...

introduction deep vein thrombosis is one of the most important complications in patients with spinal cord injury. this study compares the effects of mechanical prophylaxis with or without pharmacological prophylaxis on prevention of deep vein thrombosis in patients with spinal cord injury. materials and methods we conducted a double blind clinical trial study with 75 cases. these patients were ...

introduction: the main inhibitors of coagulation pathway are antithrombin (at), protein c and protein s. these inhibitors are necessary to prevent thromboembolism. hereditary deficiency of inhibitors is the main cause of alteration in balance between the anti-clotting and the formation of thrombin. patients with this abnormality are susceptible to venous thromboembolism (vte). two major clinica...

background portal vein thrombosis (pvt) is one of the most common causes of extrahepatic portal hypertension in children, which may follow neonatal umbilical vein catheterization. the incidence rates of catheter-related pvt, in infants and children vary in different studies. this study aimed to determine pvt incidence in the children under 3 years old with a history of neonatal umbilical vein c...

AIM To examine if liver transplant recipients with high-risk non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) are at increased risk for pre-transplant portal venous thrombosis. METHODS Data on all liver transplants in the United States from February 2002 through September 2014 were analyzed. Recipients were sorted into three distinct groups: High-risk (age > 60, body mass index > 30 kg/m2, hypertension a...

Detection of a combination aplasia the inferior vena cava and retroaortic left renal vein is extremely rare. A description clinical case with similar anomalies in development given. In our case, an anomaly 59-year-old male patient was incidental finding during examination treatment for acute cerebrovascular accident. Asymptomatic prerenal hepatic sections drainage into azygous revealed. The vei...

Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma (FHCC) is a variant of hepatocellular carcinoma, which mainly affects a young age group and carries a relatively good prognosis. It is widely accepted that aggressive curative resection is still the best option for FHCC. We report here a case of successful arterialisation of the portal vein with an aortoportal jump graft for portal vein thrombosis, which d...

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) has been usually diagnosed as a complication secondary to cardiac, hepatic, and malignant etiologies, but it rarely described in the setting of blunt abdominal trauma. This case depicts an older male who presented emergency department with progressive ascites lower extremity edema within two weeks after motor vehicle accident (MVA). Ascitic fluid analysis indicated ...