Portosplenomesenteric Venous Thrombosis in Patients With Acute Pancreatitis Is Associated With Pancreatic Necrosis and Usually Has a Benign Course Jeffrey Easler, Venkata Muddana, Alessandro Furlan, Anil Dasyam, Kishore Vipperla, Adam Slivka, David C. Whitcomb, Georgios I. Papachristou, Dhiraj Yadav Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 854-862 (May 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.09.068 Copyright © 2014 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Flow chart showing study cohort. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2014 12, 854-862DOI: (10.1016/j.cgh.2013.09.068) Copyright © 2014 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Axial CT images demonstrating (A) SV thrombosis (arrow); note surrounding pancreatic necrosis. (B) SV thrombosis (long arrow) with perigastric varices (short arrow). (C) Marked attenuation of SMV and SV at the junction with PV (arrow). (D) Narrowing of the caliber of SMV (arrow). (E) Three images demonstrating extension of partial thrombus in the main PV extending into its branches (arrows). Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2014 12, 854-862DOI: (10.1016/j.cgh.2013.09.068) Copyright © 2014 AGA Institute Terms and Conditions