title: Chronic idiopathic non-cirrhotic portal vein thrombosis treated with a mesocaval shunt procedure and anticoagulation.
abstract: Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) was first reported in 1868 by Balfour and Stewart and is a medical condition in which the lumen of the portal vein is completely or partially obstructed due to the presence of a thrombus [1]. Inherited (Factor V Leiden and Prothrombin gene mutation G201210A, Protein C, S and Anti thrombin III deficiency) and acquired thrombophilias (Lupus Anticoagulant, myeloproliferative diseases, malignancy, surgery and trauma) account for majority of the cases of PVT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology/Oncology, St Michael's Medical Center, 111 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102 USA.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shaaban
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, St Michael's Medical Center, Newark, NJ USA.
authors.forename: Nihar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology/Oncology, St Michael's Medical Center, 111 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102 USA.
authors.forename: Ibrahim
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sidhom
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