title: Portal hypertension resulted from paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria: a case report and review of literature.
abstract: Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria is a rare intravascular hemolytic anemia, and thrombosis is the leading cause of mortality rate. The hepatic veins is the common site where Budd-Chiari syndrome usually occurs. We confronted a patient who simultaneously happened to have portal vein and superior mesenteric vein thrombosis leading to prehepatic portal hypertension and upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Percutaneous thrombolysis is an efficacious treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 23 Youzheng Street, Nangang, 150001, Harbin, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Da-Long
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 23 Youzheng Street, Nangang, 150001, Harbin, People's Republic of China. liulianxin@medmail.com.cn.
authors.forename: Lian-Xin
authors.initials: LX
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 23 Youzheng Street, Nangang, 150001, Harbin, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Shu-Geng
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 23 Youzheng Street, Nangang, 150001, Harbin, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lan-Tian
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 23 Youzheng Street, Nangang, 150001, Harbin, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zhao-Yang
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, No. 23 Youzheng Street, Nangang, 150001, Harbin, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hong-Chi
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Jiang