Acute Cytomegalovirus Infection as a Rare Cause of Portal Vein Thrombosis with Small Bowel Infarction in an Immunocompetent Patient

Arnout Vael; Hendrik Degryse; Peter Bracke

doi:10.5334/jbr-btr.1251

Acute Cytomegalovirus Infection as a Rare Cause of Portal Vein Thrombosis with Small Bowel Infarction in an Immunocompetent Patient

Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology

Volume 101 (2017): Issue 1

By: Arnout Vael, Hendrik Degryse and Peter Bracke

Open Access

|Mar 2017

Abstract

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) refers to thrombosis that develops in the trunk of the portal vein including its right and left intrahepatic branches and may even extend to the splenic or superior mesenteric veins. PVT due to Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a rare complication, scarcely described in English literature. We present a case of a 58-year-old immunocompetent patient with PVT and small bowel ischemia.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.1251 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8281

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Language: English

Published on: Mar 29, 2017

Published by: Ubiquity Press

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

Keywords:

Cytomegalovirus thrombosis,

Portal vein thrombosis,

CT,

Small bowel infarction

© 2017 Arnout Vael, Hendrik Degryse, Peter Bracke, published by Ubiquity Press
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