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Portal vein thrombosis in hepatitis C virus-related cirrhotic patients: Prevalence and clinical characteristics in an Egyptian cohort

Published:2021-03-04 Issue:3 Volume:51 Page:314-318
ISSN:0049-4755
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Author:

Alhaddad Omkolsoum¹,Elsabaawy Maha¹^ORCID,Elshaaraawy Omar²,Elhalawany Mohamed¹,Houseni Mohamed Mohamed³,Abdelsameea Eman⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Professor, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt

2. Lecturer, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt

3. Assistant professor, Radiology Department, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt

4. Assistant professor, Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, National Liver Institute, Menoufia University, Shebin El-Kom, Egypt

Abstract

Portal vein thrombosis is a catastrophe not uncommonly complicating hepatitis C virus-related liver cirrhosis. To estimate its prevalence and clinical characteristics, we investigated 1000 cirrhotic patients by abdominal ultrasound or Doppler study at least. Portal vein thrombosis was found in 21.6%, of whom 157 (72.7%) had malignancy. Complete portal vein thrombosis was found in 70.4%. Half of all these patients had at least one episode of portal hypertensive bleeding, a third had abdominal pain and a quarter presented with jaundice. Portal bilopathy was diagnosed in two cases (0.9%). There was significant association between severity of liver disease, ascites, male gender and site of segmental focal lesion and portal vein thrombosis.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0049475521998509

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