ALTHOUGH thrombosis of the splenic vein is infrequently reported in the literature, 1,2 it is common knowledge among surgeons that this condition may follow splenectomy. In fact, local thrombosis at ...

(A) Compression. Pancreatic cysts compress the splenic vein, increasing venous flow in the gastric veins and forming varices. Other causes of compression include pancreatic NET, lymphoma, SAA, ...

Gray-scale transabdominal sonography revealed an enlarged liver with a nodular liver profile, coarse echo-pattern, and the presence in the right liver lobe of multiple tumors with mixed echogenicity ...

In this study, we retrospectively collected a cohort of 181 SVT index events occurring in strictly defined patients with PV, essential thrombocythaemia and primary myelofibrosis managed in the ...

Doppler ultrasonography is the first imaging technique to be used for portal vein thrombosis (PVT) diagnosis; it is well-tolerated, accurate and a negative examination performed by a trained operator ...

(A) Compression. Pancreatic cysts compress the splenic vein, increasing venous flow in the gastric veins and forming varices. Other causes of compression include pancreatic NET, lymphoma, SAA, ...

Splenectomy before allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (alloHSCT) might be a promising option in patients with myelofibrosis (MF) who failed to achieve significant spleen response after ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers characterized this as a “significant incidence” of new VTE; however, they noted most patients could ...

SHORTLY after Abeatici and Campi, 1 in 1951, introduced direct percutaneous splenic puncture as a method of performing splenoportal venography in dogs this became the standard roentgenographic method ...

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 ...