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. 2024 Feb 8:14:e2024473.
doi: 10.4322/acr.2024.473. eCollection 2024.

Pylephlebitis

Wilker Dias Martins  1 , João Pedro Branco Santana  1 , Marcelo Falcão Barros  1 , Amaro Nunes Duarte  2
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Pylephlebitis

Wilker Dias Martins et al. Autops Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Autopsy; Pathology; Portal Vein.

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Conflict of interest: None.

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Figure 1. A - Gross examination of the congested and friable liver (weight: 2789,0 g); B - Gallbladder with chronic inflammation due to calculi; C - Photomicrograph of the liver shows portal venulitis, with a suppurative inflammatory reaction and fibrin (black arrow), sparing the biliary tract (blue arrow) and the hepatic artery (red arrow) (H&E, 400X).
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