title: Imaging diagnosis of portal tumor thrombus secondary to gastric cancer.
abstract: Tumor thrombus in the portal vein secondary to advanced gastric cancer was diagnosed by ultrasound (US) and computed tomography (CT), and was confirmed at autopsy in a 54-year-old man. The register data for 3176 patients of resected gastric cancer disclosed that there was no patient with portal tumor thrombus secondary to gastric cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takayasu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tajiri
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishikawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maruyama
mesh_terms: D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009360:Neoplastic Cells, Circulating; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography