title: Portal vein thrombosis in hepatocellular carcinoma demonstrated by ultrasound.
abstract: 3 patients with histologically proven hepatocellular carcinoma in whom ultrasound demonstrated portal vein thrombosis are presented. Sonography is a simple, noninvasive method of screening patients with primary hepatocellular carcinoma for the presence of portal vein thrombosis.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011169:Portal Vein; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography