Splenic vein thrombosis is a blood clot in the splenic vein, which carries blood from the spleen toward the liver. It can occur as a complication of pancreatitis.

ALTHOUGH thrombosis of the splenic vein is infrequently reported in the literature,1 , 2 it is common knowledge among surgeons that this condition may follow splenectomy. In fact, local thrombosis ...

The PubMed database was searched in April 2013 for publications in English that contained the terms “portal vein thrombosis”, “splenic vein thrombosis” or “mesenteric vein thrombosis ...

Splanchnic vein thrombosis (SVT) encompasses hepatic veins (Budd–Chiari syndrome, BCS) and portal, mesenteric and splenic veins, and is a rare event in the general population: the annual ...

Etiologies of splenic venous hypertension. Xia & He Publishing Inc. Journal Journal of Clinical and Translational Hepatology DOI 10.14218/JCTH.2024.00054 ...

Mesenteric venous thrombosis accounts for 5 to 15 percent of all mesenteric ischemic events 3 and usually involves the superior mesenteric vein; the inferior mesenteric vein is involved only ...

(A) Compression. Pancreatic cysts compress the splenic vein, increasing venous flow in the gastric veins and forming varices. Other causes of compression include pancreatic NET, lymphoma, SAA ...

Splenic venous hypertension (SVH), also known as left-sided portal hypertension, is a rare condition characterized by upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding in the absence of liver disease. This ...

Portal vein endothelial injury also increases the risk for thrombosis [5,14] associated with intra-abdominal inflammation or infection, acute cholecystitis, hepatic abscess, umbilical vein ...

P = pancreatic head; TVS = splenic vein thrombosis; V = intrapancreatic varices Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy showed grade 2 esophageal varices with red signs, without gastric or duodenal ...