Pylephlebitis: Through These Portals Pass Bad Bugs

Mohammed Muqeet Adnan; Michael Gavin; Steven C Eberhardt; Denis M McCarthy

doi:10.1007/s10620-016-4288-x

Pylephlebitis: Through These Portals Pass Bad Bugs

Dig Dis Sci. 2016 Oct;61(10):2807-2811. doi: 10.1007/s10620-016-4288-x. Epub 2016 Sep 3.

Authors

Mohammed Muqeet Adnan¹, Michael Gavin², Steven C Eberhardt³, Denis M McCarthy²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC10-5550, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA. MMuqeetAdnan@salud.unm.edu.
² Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, 1 University of New Mexico, MSC10-5550, Albuquerque, NM, 87131, USA.
³ Department of Radiology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

PMID: 27592344
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-016-4288-x

No abstract available

Keywords: Diverticulitis; Isolated left portal pylephlebitis; Left lobe liver abscesses; Local pylephlebitis; Portal blood flow; Streamlined flow.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Caroli Disease / complications
Caroli Disease / diagnostic imaging*
Female
Hepatomegaly / complications
Hepatomegaly / diagnostic imaging
Humans
Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / complications
Liver Abscess, Pyogenic / diagnostic imaging*
Middle Aged
Phlebitis / complications
Phlebitis / diagnostic imaging*
Portal Vein / diagnostic imaging*