Mesenteric vein thrombosis (MVT) is a distinct clinical cause of intestinal ischemia representing 5-15% of all ischemic events. (wustl.edu)
We report a case of mesenteric vein thrombosis associated with intravaginal hormonal contraception. (wustl.edu)
Voora, D & Vijayan, A 2003, ' Mesenteric vein thrombosis associated with intravaginal contraceptives: A case report and review of the literature ', Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis , vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 105-108. (wustl.edu)
The lienal vein has hypoechoic centre creating target appearance due to partial thrombosis. (mudr.org)
We recommend anticoagulation for all noncirrhotic patients with acute symptomatic portal or mesenteric vein thrombosis in the absence of any contraindication. (mdcalc.com)
We suggest at least 6 months of anticoagulation in patients with portal or mesenteric vein thrombosis without a demonstrable thrombophilia and when the etiology of the thrombosis is reversible. (mdcalc.com)
Indefinite anticoagulation is recommended in patients with portal or mesenteric vein thrombosis and thrombophilia. (mdcalc.com)
We recommend anticoagulation for patients with (i) acute complete main PVT, (ii) MVT, or (iii) extension of portal venous thrombosis into mesenteric veins. (mdcalc.com)
Anticoagulation is continued beyond this period in patients with portal or mesenteric vein thrombosis who are on the waiting list for liver transplant. (mdcalc.com)
We recommend nonselective beta-blockers for prevention of variceal bleeding in patients with high-risk varices and portal and/or mesenteric vein thrombosis requiring anticoagulation. (mdcalc.com)
Ovarian vein thrombosis (OVT) is an uncommon but potentially serious disorder that is associated with a variety of pelvic conditions-most notably, recent childbirth, but also pelvic inflammatory disease , malignancies, and pelvic surgery. (medscape.com)
Ultrasound (US), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and CT scanning with contrast are the best radiologic modalities for making the diagnosis of ovarian vein thrombosis. (medscape.com)
Angiography can help make the diagnosis of ovarian vein thrombosis, but this technique is not usually performed because of the availability of noninvasive, cross-sectional imaging methods. (medscape.com)
Contrast-enhanced computed tomography scan in a postpartum patient with fever that demonstrates bilateral ovarian vein thrombosis. (medscape.com)
Ovarian vein thrombosis arises out of the coincident conditions of venous stasis and hypercoagulability, which are commonly present in the recently postpartum patient. (medscape.com)
Both ovarian vein thrombosis and septic pelvic thrombophlebitis are influenced by the Virchow triad of vessel wall injury, stasis, and hypercoagulability. (medscape.com)
Ovarian vein thrombosis occurs in 0.05-0.18% of vaginal births and in 2% of cesarean deliveries. (medscape.com)
The typical patient with ovarian vein thrombosis (ie, thrombophlebitis) presents with pelvic pain, fever, and a right-sided abdominal mass. (medscape.com)
Note that patients who have undergone total abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy with retroperitoneal lymph node dissection can incidentally demonstrate ovarian vein thrombosis on contrast-enhanced computed tomography [CT] scanning. (medscape.com)
Antiphospholipid Syndrome presenting as mesenteric vein thrombosis and gangrenous small bowel. (iium.edu.my)
Chronic SMV thrombosis is characterized by mild enlargement of the vein with central low denstiy surrounded by higher density wall. (uab.edu)
One-year survival has been reported following transplantation of a living-related segment of a donor intestine [ 4 ] and in a 41-year-old woman with short gut syndrome (SGS) secondary to superior mesenteric artery thrombosis. (medscape.com)
Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, is a blood clot that forms in a vein deep in the body. (medlineplus.gov)
A deep vein thrombosis can break loose and cause a serious problem in the lung, called a pulmonary embolism . (medlineplus.gov)
Contrast-enhanced CT or MRI scan is recommended to assess the extension of thrombus into the mesenteric veins and to exclude tumor thrombus among patients with cirrhosis who develop new portal and/or mesenteric vein thrombus. (mdcalc.com)
We suggest anticoagulation for patients with chronic PVT if there is (i) evidence of inherited or acquired thrombophilia, (ii) progression of thrombus into the mesenteric veins, or (iii) current or previous evidence of bowel ischemia. (mdcalc.com)
PMVT was defined as thrombus within the portal, hepatic or superior mesenteric veins. (sages.org)
Transjugular portography demonstrates extensive portal vein thrombus in the whole-liver allograft of a 40-year-old woman whose clinical condition rapidly deteriorated on postoperative day 39. (medscape.com)
Occlusion1
Nonthrombotic occlusion or stenosis of the mesenteric veins is a rare cause of intestinal ischemia that usually occurs in association with systemic vasculitis. (elsevierpure.com)
Hepatic8
The hepatic portal vein is a vessel that moves blood from the spleen and gastrointestinal tract to the liver. (healthline.com)
The liver is divided into two lobes by the middle hepatic vein: the right lobe of liver and the left lobe of liver. (healthline.com)
The scans also revealed he had hepatic ischemia, also called 'shock liver', a type of injury caused by low oxygen supply to the organ, which doctors believe was related to the presence of gas in the portal vein. (dailymail.co.uk)
He explained that the portal vein carries material from the gut for the liver to process, as opposed to a different blood vessel, the hepatic artery, which carries oxygen to the organ. (dailymail.co.uk)
To conclude, although type I classification which describes the textbook pattern of hepatic artery distribution was significantly detected among the Sudanese population, other variants were to be considered since they are related to major arteries like aorta and superior mesenteric. (bvsalud.org)
accessory pancreatic or splenic arteries.Objective: To present three cases of accessory right hepatic artery originating from the superior mesenteric artery in black African cadavers as found during routine cadaveric dissections.Materials and Method: The abdomens of 8 adult male black African cadavers were dissected according to the description and guidance by Romanes (1996). (bvsalud.org)
portal veins and gastroduodenal arteries were exposed.Results: Three cadaveric cases of the accessory right hepatic arteries arising from the superior mesenteric arteries were observed. (bvsalud.org)
Ischemia1
Associated findings may include increased attenuatiuon of the mesenteric fat due to mesenteric edema and bowel wall thickening due to stasis and mesenteric ischemia. (uab.edu)
Arteries2
Of the visceral branches, the celiac artery and the superior and inferior mesenteric arteries are unpaired, while the suprarenals, renals, internal spermatics, and ovarian are paired. (theodora.com)
mesenteric arteries (MA) and veins (MV) were mounted on glass cannulas, intravascularly filled with fluorescent dextran and incrementally pressurized above their in vivo physiological values. (bvsalud.org)
Arterial2
Sudeck's critical point at the rectosigmoid junction is described as the point of origin of the last sigmoid arterial branch, originating from the inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) [4]. (researchsquare.com)
The purpose of the present study as to evaluate the effect of changes in intravascular pressure and the inflammatory mediator bradykinin on rat mesenteric arterial and venous vascular permeability. (bvsalud.org)
Inferior mesent1
Xiu WL, Liu J, Zhang JL, Su N, Wang FJ, Hao XW, Wang FF, Dong Q. Computer-assisted rescue of the inferior mesenteric artery in a child with a giant ganglioneuroblastoma: A case report. (wjgnet.com)
Below, it is in relation to the upper border of the pancreas, and the lienal vein. (theodora.com)
Vessel1
The intima of the mesenteric and intestinal mural veins was focally thickened by a marked increase in cells and matrix between the endothelium and internal elastic lamina, whereas the vessel walls external to the thickened intima appeared normal. (elsevierpure.com)
Professor Davies also added that gas in the portal vein would not explain the lack of oxygen the man's liver was receiving. (dailymail.co.uk)
The cercariae can invade the skin or mucous membranes of the definitive host (dogs or wild mammals) and gain access to the bloodstream, migrate to the liver, mature, and migrate to the mesenteric vessels to complete the life cycle. (tamu.edu)
Intramural1
The intramural arteriocapillaries first lose part of their volume as the earlier entered blood flows out from the veins, even though some blood may seep back from the veins. (ajronline.org)
Vessels3
Adult schistosomes typically live in mesenteric blood vessels of birds or mammals and produce eggs that pass from the host in feces. (cdc.gov)
Chugging the beverage so quickly led to gas gathering in his intestines, which due to the pressure then leaked into his portal vein, one of the liver's main blood vessels. (dailymail.co.uk)
The inferior mesenteric vessels are identified at their takeoff from the aorta. (medscape.com)
Anterior2
The right vein then branches off into anterior and superior veins. (healthline.com)
Posteriorly, it is separated from the lumbar vertebræ and intervertebral fibrocartilages by the anterior longitudinal ligament and left lumbar veins. (theodora.com)
Clot3
A positive finding on venography is the presence of a filling defect that is consistent with a clot within the ovarian vein. (medscape.com)
So a splanchnic vein clot or a mesenteric clot in an otherwise young patient. (reachmd.com)
I remember a young patient I had during the first period of time when I was training who had a mesenteric vein clot and had to actually get a small bowel resection and then transplant because of this disease. (reachmd.com)
Hernia3
Internal hernia after laparoscopic sigmoidectomy with splenic flexural mobilization and high ligation of the inferior mesenteric vein: A case report. (bvsalud.org)
However, there have been no reports on the indications for closing mesenteric defects to prevent the development of an internal hernia . (bvsalud.org)
This study reports a case of an internal hernia of the proximal jejunum near the ligament of Treitz in a patient who underwent laparoscopic sigmoidectomy with splenic flexural mobilization and high ligation of the inferior mesenteric vein . (bvsalud.org)
Branches1
The small branches draining the head of the pancreas into the right side of the portal vein were carefully ligated and divided, freeing the specimen. (vesalius.com)
Thrombophlebitis1
If the vein swells, the condition is called thrombophlebitis. (medlineplus.gov)
Upper2
It is approximately three to four inches in length and is usually formed by the merging of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins behind the upper edge of the head of the pancreas. (healthline.com)
Abnormally high blood pressure in the portal vein is known as portal hypertension . (healthline.com)
Intestine1
CT scans found he had pneumatosis, an abnormal presence of gas, in the wall of his intestine and his portal vein. (dailymail.co.uk)
Blood1
The adults are blood parasites and live in the mesenteric veins where mating occurs. (tamu.edu)
Doppler1
Doppler ultrasound increases sensitivity because permeable ovarian veins can be clearly identified. (medscape.com)
Colon1
Diffuse strandy inflammatory changes are also apparent in the region of ileum and ascending colon indicating mesenteric congestion. (uab.edu)
Artery2
The bulky metastatic lymph nodes at the head of the pancreas were dissected after ligating the right colic artery and vein. (spandidos-publications.com)
During the operation, an aberrant middle colic artery was found to be originating from the gastroduodenal artery instead of its usual origin at the superior mesenteric artery. (hindawi.com)
Fever1
These include fever, enlarged veins on the belly that can be seen through the skin, and abnormal bruising or bleeding. (medtronic.com)
The exposed superior mesenteric/portal vein is shown. (vesalius.com)
Middle1
The middle colic vein was traced to the superior mesenteric vein. (hindawi.com)
Wall1
As bacteria proliferate and more gas is produced, the intraluminal gas may dissect into the necrotic wall (pneumatosis intestinalis), spread through the mesenteric veins, and finally flow into the portal veins (Fig. 7A , 7B ). (ajronline.org)