title: Acute pancreatitis complicated with transient portal venous thrombosis in one patient with hepatocellular carcinoma and cirrhosis.
abstract: Portal venous thrombosis (PVT) is a condition associated with high morbidity. The etiologies of PVT include intra-abdominal inflammation or infection, surgical intervention, abdominal malignancies such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and pancreatic carcinoma, or abnormality in coagulation caused by various reasons such as liver cirrhosis. Management of PVT should be based on its etiology and the condition of the patient. We describe a cirrhotic patient with HCC who suffered from acute pancreatitis. PVT in the main trunk was detected at admission due to the episode of acute pancreatitis. The etiology of thrombosis was considered to be inflammation around the main portal trunk caused by pancreatitis rather than cirrhosis or HCC. We did not instigate any management for the thrombosis. Acute pancreatitis was relieved after conservative treatment. Follow-up imaging study performed 46 days after detection of thrombosis showed spontaneous complete resolution of the thrombus. Our experience may provide useful information for the management of such patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Hepatobiliary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hugo You-Hsien
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Zu-Yau
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Paul Ming-Chen
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Wan-Long
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Chuang
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000150:complications*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D011169:Portal Vein; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*