Delayed development of portal vein thrombosis in a patient initially detected with portal venous gas and pneumatosis intestinalis: a case report.
Masatoku AraiShiei KimHiromoto IshiiJun HagiwaraToru TakiguchiYoshito IshikiHiroyuki YokotaPublished in: Acute medicine & surgery (2019)
If acute PVT is detected, anticoagulant is needed to prevent bowel ischemia and/or portal hypertension due to the growth of the thrombus. Clinicians should be aware of the potential for such a complication, and make their best efforts to exclude this entity using CT or sonography.
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