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. 2018 Sep-Oct;51(5):336-337.
doi: 10.1590/0100-3984.2017.0046.

Pylephlebitis and septic thrombosis of the inferior mesenteric vein secondary to diverticulitis

Rodolfo Mendes Queiroz  1 , Fernando Dias Couto Sampaio  1 , Pedro Eduardo Marques  2 , Marcus Antônio Ferez  2 , Eduardo Miguel Febronio  1
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Pylephlebitis and septic thrombosis of the inferior mesenteric vein secondary to diverticulitis

Rodolfo Mendes Queiroz et al. Radiol Bras. 2018 Sep-Oct.
No abstract available

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Figure 1
A: Non-contrast-enhanced abdominal CT of the patient at admission, showing increased density of mesenteric fat around the sigmoid colon (arrowhead), where some colonic diverticula were also present, suggesting an inflammatory process. B,C,D: Intravenous contrast-enhanced CT, acquired in the portal phase, after clinical worsening of the patient, showing thrombi (white arrows) in the left branch of the portal vein (B), spleno-mesenteric junction (C,D) and inferior mesenteric vein (D), together with gaseous foci (black arrows) in the intrahepatic portal venous system (B) and inferior mesenteric vein (D), as well as ascites.
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