Portal vein thrombosis, or PVT, occurs when a blood clot causes the portal vein to narrow or become blocked. Learn more here.

Portal vein endothelial injury also increases the risk for thrombosis [5,14] associated with intra-abdominal inflammation or infection, acute cholecystitis, hepatic abscess, umbilical vein ...

Portal vein thrombosis, however, has a relatively low incidence in patients with nephrotic syndrome and usually occurs during treatment or recurrence of the condition, not as the first sign.

The authors of this Review focus on non-malignant portal vein thrombosis (PVT), the second most common cause of portal vein occlusion. Discussion includes how the two different forms of PVT ...

Incidence of new portal vein thrombosis was higher after transarterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma compared with microwave or radiofrequency ablation, although researchers ...

The prevalence of Portal Vein Thrombosis (PVT) varies significantly at different stages of liver disease: 10% in compensated patients, 17% in decompensated patients, 9% in those with acute ...

Cite this article. Gharehbaghi, M., Peirovifar, A., Nemati, M. et al. 270 Portal Vein Thrombosis in Neonates with Umbilical Vascular Catheterization.Pediatr Res 68 ...