Portal vein thrombosis can occur in patients with nephrotic syndrome. Learn key diagnostic and treatment considerations by reading this Case Study of a 52-year-old man admitted with abdominal pain.

However, ischemia secondary to mesenteric-vein thrombosis has a more insidious onset, often manifesting solely as pain, and this diagnosis remains a major concern.

The underlying conditions favoring or precipitating hepatic vein or inferior vena cava thrombosis must be recognized and treated. This essential part of therapy is beyond the scope of this review ...

Two toilet symptoms that may signal a deadly blood clot has formed in a ‘major vein’ Blood clots that arise in the mesenteric veins can cause complications on the toilet.

Mesenteric venous thrombosis, which accounts for 5 to 15% of cases of mesenteric ischemia, results in impaired venous outflow, visceral edema, and abdominal pain.

Find out what causes a type of blood clot called mesenteric venous thrombosis, and how you get it treated.

Superior mesenteric vein thrombosis (SMV thrombosis) is the formation of a blood clot in your superior mesenteric vein.

An intraluminal clot is seen (arrows), showing extensive thrombosis of the superior mesenteric vein. Acute mesenteric venous thrombosis is an uncommon condition.

Clinicians differ in their methods of preventing first variceal hemorrhage among patients with cirrhosis and portal vein thrombosis.

One week prior to the admission, the patient had a moped accident. His past medical history was remarkable for polysubstance abuse, alcoholism, chronic pancreatitis with multiple exacerbations, ...

Venous thrombosis is a common complication of nephrotic syndrome, and most often occurs in the renal veins or in the veins of the lower limbs. Portal vein thrombosis is quite uncommon in patients ...