The underlying conditions favoring or precipitating hepatic vein or inferior vena cava ... flow might theoretically precipitate mesenteric or portal vein thrombosis in patients with a thrombogenic ...

A 69-year-old male was admitted because of a continually worsening abdominal cramping pain, which had started two days before his admission. The pain was radiating to his back and it was ...

There was no family history of liver disease or thrombosis ... An axial image through the superior mesenteric vein just inferior to the portosplenic confluence (Panel B) shows the thrombus ...