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- Title
Portal vein thrombosis in hepatitis C virus-related cirrhotic patients: Prevalence and clinical characteristics in an Egyptian cohort.
- Authors
Alhaddad, Omkolsoum; Elsabaawy, Maha; Elshaaraawy, Omar; Elhalawany, Mohamed; Houseni, Mohamed Mohamed; Abdelsameea, Eman
- 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.
- Subjects
PORTAL vein; HEPATITIS C; THROMBOSIS; PORTAL hypertension; HEPATITIS; CIRRHOSIS of the liver; ABDOMINAL pain
- Publication
Tropical Doctor, 2021, Vol 51, Issue 3, p314
- ISSN
0049-4755
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0049475521998509