Portal vein thrombosis This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Portal_vein_thrombosis".
Portal vein thrombosis is a form of venous thrombosis affecting the hepatic portal vein, which can lead to portal hypertension and reduction in the blood supply to the liver.
Causes can include pancreatitis, cirrhosis, diverticulitis, and cholangiocarcinoma.
Treatments include anticoagulants, shunts, bypass surgery, and transplants.
Stenosis (Renal artery stenosis, Carotid artery stenosis) - Fibromuscular dysplasia - Degos disease - Aortoiliac occlusive disease
Arteriovenous fistula - Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
abdomen (May-Thurner syndrome, Portal vein thrombosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome, Renal vein thrombosis)
upper limb/torso (Paget-Schroetter disease, Mondor's disease)
head (Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis)
