Massive portal vein thrombosis and kidney rupture following blunt abdominal trauma: A diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma
2008
Toourknowledge, wepresent the first case in the English literature of kidneyrupture accompanied by massive PVT. Discussion on thetreatment of this patient focused on the question whetherthemassiveportalveinthrombosiswasofacuteonsetormayhave been pre-existent. Anticoagulant therapy would beindicated in case of acute PVT, but the concomitant kidneyrupture is a contra-indication for rigorous anticoagulativetreatment.
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