Open AccessAcute Cytomegalovirus Infection as a Rare Cause of Portal Vein Thrombosis with Small Bowel Infarction in an Immunocompetent Patient
Author(s) -
Arnout Vael,
H Degryse,
P. Bracke
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
jbr-btr
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1780-2393
DOI - 10.5334/jbr-btr.1251
Subject(s) - medicine , portal vein thrombosis , bowel infarction , thrombosis , cytomegalovirus , complication , mesenteric vein , mesenteric ischemia , radiology , portal vein , surgery , ischemia , herpesviridae , virus , immunology , viral disease
Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) refers to thrombosis that develops in the trunk of the portal vein including its right and left intrahepatic branches and may even extend to the splenic or superior mesenteric veins. PVT due to Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a rare complication, scarcely described in English literature. We present a case of a 58-year-old immunocompetent patient with PVT and small bowel ischemia.