A 65-year-old previously well man presented with 3 weeks of generalised abdominal pain and diarrhoea up to three times per ...

He underwent abdominal ultrasonography (US), which showed evidence of thrombosis or tumor thrombosis in the portal vein. A contrast-enhanced CT scan showed evidence of superior mesenteric venous ...

The portal vein is usually made by the confluence of the superior mesenteric and splenic veins, together with their main tributaries, the inferior mesenteric, left gastric, and pancreaticoduodenal ...

When you have mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT), you have a blood clot in a vein around where your intestines attach to your belly. The clot most often forms in a vein called the "superior ...

The absence of intestinal obstruction or occlusion in the superior mesenteric vessels ... usually secondary to atrial fibrillation; mesenteric artery thrombosis, caused by atherosclerosis; mesenteric ...

Surgical interventions for pancreatic cancer, such as pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) and portal-superior mesenteric vein (PV-SMV) resection, can lead to decreased venous flow in the splenic vein.

Aneurysms of the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) are rare, and their origin is unknown. Many aneurysms are asymptomatic, and the diagnosis is established from radiologic findings. Others are diagnosed ...

Your superior mesenteric artery provides blood to parts ... General anesthesia is usually administered through an IV inserted into a vein in your wrist or arm. It’s important to tell your ...

the superior mesenteric vein, the portal vein, and the celiac axis. Almost 95% of your pancreas is made up of a type of tissue that produces digestive enzymes called exocrine tissue. The other 5 ...

Blood clots are gel-like clumps of blood that are present in the body. Your body requires some blood clotting so that you don’t bleed excessively when you get hurt or injured and your body can heal ...

But blood clots can form in other, less obvious, parts of the body. Superior mesenteric vein thrombosis (SMV thrombosis) is the formation of a blood clot in your superior mesenteric vein.

The superior mesenteric vein (SMV) is a large blood vessel in the abdomen. Its function is to drain blood from the small intestine as well as the first sections of the large intestine and other ...