Hepatic vein thrombosis should be suspected when ascites, liver enlargement, and upper abdominal pain are simultaneously present, or when intractable ascites contrasts with mildly altered liver ...

The hepatic veins carry oxygen-depleted blood from the liver to the inferior vena cava. They also transport blood that has been drained from the colon, pancreas, small intestine, and the stomach, and ...

Systemic diseases include connective-tissue disease, celiac disease, Behçet’s disease, mastocytosis, inflammatory bowel disease, human immunodeficiency virus infection, sarcoidosis, and myeloma.

The liver is divided into two lobes by the middle hepatic vein: the right lobe of liver and the left lobe of liver. The right lobe of liver is larger than the left lobe of liver. The right lobe liver ...

CATHETERIZATION of the hepatic vein in man, which was first described in 1944, 1 has provided a new approach to a study of the liver for both the clinician and the research worker. This technic has ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American College of Gastroenterology released a new guideline on disorders of the mesenteric, portal, and ...

Evidence-based recommendations on melphalan chemosaturation with percutaneous hepatic artery perfusion and hepatic vein isolation for primary or metastatic cancer in the liver. This involves diverting ...

Arun B. Jesudian, MD: We’ve mentioned GI [gastrointestinal] bleeding, we’ve mentioned hypovolemia, dehydration. Elliot, before you alluded to infections [as] a problem in this population. How do those ...

The treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma with macrovascular invasion, including portal vein tumor thrombus, remains challenging to treat and has poor outcomes. Approximately 20% of patients with ...

The underlying conditions favoring or precipitating hepatic vein or inferior vena cava thrombosis must be recognized and treated. This essential part of therapy is beyond the scope of this review.