Extensive Portal and Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis After Splenectomy in a Patient With Hereditary Spherocytosis

Portal and superior mesenteric vein thrombosis are uncommon outcomes post-splenectomy. We reported the case of a patient with hereditary spherocytosis who evolved after splenectomy with extensive thrombosis of these veins and was treated with systemic anticoagulation and endovascular thrombolysis, a promising alternative. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4021/jh84w