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Successful Treatment for Hepatic Encephalopathy Aggravated by Portal Vein Thrombosis with Balloon-Occluded Retrograde Transvenous Obliteration

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2011
This report presents the case of a 78-year-old female with hepatic encephalopathy due to an inferior mesenteric venous-inferior vena cava shunt. She developed hepatocellular carcinoma affected by hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis and underwent ...
Naotaka Hashimoto, Tomohiko Akahoshi, Tetsuya Shoji, Morimasa Tomikawa, Norifumi Tsutsumi, Tomoharu Yoshizumi, Akinobu Taketomi, Ken Shirabe, Yoshihiko Maehara   +8 more
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Imaging of Abdominal Complications in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) is the most common paediatric malignancy and remains one of the most common causes of cancer‐related death in children and adolescents. Five‐year overall survival rates now exceed 90% with current multidrug chemotherapeutic regimens. This improvement, coupled with the toxicity of chemotherapy, has led to the
Luke R. Holmes, Rishi S. Kotecha, Derek J. Roebuck   +2 more
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Uses of Bovine Pericardium in General Surgery

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Bovine pericardium is a versatile biologic material with expanding applications across general surgery. ABSTRACT Background Bovine pericardium (BP) is increasingly utilised in complex surgical reconstruction because of its favourable biological and mechanical properties.
William A. Ziaziaris, Makaela Bowman, Paul D. Morris, Kilian G. M. Brown, Michael J. Solomon, Jerome M. Laurence   +5 more
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Hydatid disease of the liver with portal vein invasion mimicking portal vein thrombosis

, 2019
WOS: 000463364700010PubMed ID: 30853256Hydatid cyst disease is a zoonosis caused by the parasite Echinococcus. It may infest any organ of the body, but it most frequently involves the liver, lungs, and nervous system.
Paksoy, Yahya, Ulus, Sıla, Erol, Cengiz, Ertan, Gülhan, Kılıçarslan, Rukiye, Yılmaz, Mesut   +5 more
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Successful Treatment of Small Intestinal Bleeding in a Crohn’s Patient with Noncirrhotic Portal Hypertension by Transjugular Portosystemic Shunt Placement and Infliximab Treatment

Case Reports in Gastroenterology, 2016
Small intestinal bleeding in Crohn’s disease patients with noncirrhotic portal hypertension and partial portal and superior mesenteric vein thrombosis is a life-threatening event.
Benjamin Heimgartner, Heather Dawson, Andrea De Gottardi, Reiner Wiest, Jan Hendrik Niess   +4 more
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Long‐Term Outcomes After Elective Splenectomy for Haematological Disease: A 27‐Year Single‐Centre Study

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Splenectomy is a safe and effective treatment option in selected patients with haematological disease, despite declining referrals over the last 27 years in the era of targeted therapies. Outcomes are favourable when performed laparoscopically and long‐term follow‐up demonstrates sustained haematologic benefit in surviving patients.
Salil Dutt Barrett, Anthony Downhill, Douglas Greer, William Stevenson, Ian Kerridge, Chris Ward, Matthew Greenwood, Naomi Mackinlay, Luke Coyle, Thomas J. Hugh   +9 more
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Impact of Single Viable Hepatocellular Carcinoma ≤ 3 cm on Survival After Liver Transplantation

ANZ Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
An Australian multi‐centre cohort study shows significantly lower 5‐year HCC‐specific mortality for those with no viable disease compared to those with a single viable tumour ≤ 3 cm, on imaging prior to transplantation. A lower AFP level and complete response on mRECIST criteria also reduced risk.
Lauren C. Y. Tang, Eunice Lee, Avik Majumdar, Ted Stoklosa, Danny Con, William Chung, Emily Nash, Adam Testro, Michael Fink, Simone Strasser, Ken Liu, David G. Bowen, Marie Sinclair   +12 more
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Carriage of the Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology Protein 2 Q425R Variant Reduces Liver Disease Severity in European Patients With Chronic Hepatitis Delta

Alimentary Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
In patients with chronic hepatitis Delta, the LGP2 Q425R variant (rs2074158 CC/CT genotypes), associated with an enhanced interferon response in vitro, becomes progressively less frequent as liver disease advances from no cirrhosis to cirrhosis, and to cirrhosis with progressive increase of portal hypertension evaluated by thrombocytopenia.
Sara Cmet, Elisabetta Degasperi, Annarosa Cussigh, Elisabetta Fontanini, Maria Paola Anolli, Floriana Facchetti, Riccardo Perbellini, Dana Sambarino, Sara Colonia Uceda Renteria, Annapaola Callegaro, Davide Bitetto, Elisa Fumolo, Ezio Fornasiere, Elena Garlatti Costa, Edmondo Falleti, Pietro Lampertico, Pierluigi Toniutto   +16 more
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Acute Portal Vein Thrombosis Diagnosed with Point-of-care Ultrasonography [PDF]

, 2017
Abdominal pain is the most common presenting complaint to the emergency department (ED);1 however, acute portal vein thrombosis is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain.
Daniel Wells, Abigail Brackney, Wells, Daniel, Brackney, Abigail   +3 more
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Venous Thromboembolism in Hematologic Malignancies: Incidence, Risk Factors, and the Role of Direct Oral Anticoagulants

European Journal of Haematology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Thrombotic events, particularly venous thromboembolism (VTE), are a significant source of morbidity and mortality among patients with hematologic malignancies. These patients face unique challenges due to treatment‐related complications such as thrombocytopenia, coagulopathy, and heightened bleeding risk.
Mario Biglietto, Silvia Sorella, Erminia Baldacci, Massimo Breccia, Sabina Chiaretti, Marcello Capriata, Livia Donzelli, Gianna Maria D'Elia, Salvatore Giacomo Morano, Ilaria Del Giudice, Maurizio Martelli, Cristina Santoro, Antonio Chistolini   +12 more
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