Although the advanced stages of neoplasms have a risk of superior mesenteric venous thrombosis (MVT), an initial clinical diagnosis of MVT is sometimes difficult and it can be treated as a cancer ...

The portal vein is formed by the merging of the splenic vein, which brings blood from the spleen, and the superior mesenteric vein, which brings blood from the intestines. Smaller veins from the ...

Surgical interventions for pancreatic cancer, such as pancreatoduodenectomy (PD) and portal-superior mesenteric vein (PV-SMV) resection, can lead to decreased venous flow in the splenic vein.

Mesenteric (or intestinal) artery disease is a condition that ... In this treatment approach, doctors place a bypass graft made of synthetic material or a natural vein taken from another part of the ...

whereas a shunt from the portal or mesenteric vein to the suprahepatic IVC or right atrium will. If the IVC is patent but severely compressed, a self-expanding stent can be placed in the ...

These included two renal artery thromboses, one renal vein thrombosis and one superior mesenteric artery thrombosis. In subsequent animals, the addition of 100 units/kg heparin immediately before ...