Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is defined by partial or complete thrombosis of the main, right, or left portal vein, by extension of thrombus into the intrahepatic portal vein branches or the ...

Portal vein thrombosis is quite uncommon in patients with nephrotic syndrome, and usually only occurs during treatment or recurrence of the condition.

Sometimes it takes more than meds or other methods to treat deep vein thrombosis, or DVT. Learn how surgical thrombectomy can remove a problem blood clot.

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

The use of transarterial chemoembolization with radiotherapy led to improved survival outcomes for patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma and portal vein tumor thrombus, compared with ...

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 ...

Although transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is a first-line treatment for certain types of liver cancer, portal vein thrombosis is a known risk of the procedure. A new study of military ...

Figure 1. Portal vein thromboembolism development post COVID-19. A – abdominal ultrasound confirming the absence of blood flow in a dilated portal vein; B – computed tomography (CT) scan showing a ...

Background: The prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with portal vein tumor thrombus (PVTT) is very poor. According to the BCLC treatment recommendations, sorafenib or other palliative ...

Nurses and oncologists need to give portal vein thrombosis a closer look, according to one oncolgy nurse. Despite its deadly potential, portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a frequently overlooked side ...

424 Background: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy of liver-directed concurrent chemoradiotherapy (LD-CCRT) compared with sorafenib in patients with liver-confined locally advanced ...

For patients with acute PVT, [4, 11] symptoms and signs depend on whether the thrombus results in partial or complete occlusion of the portal vein.