Pregnancy in the Setting of Asymptomatic Non-Cirrhotic Chronic Portal Vein Thrombosis Complicated by Pre-Eclampsia

• Main Authors: Işık Üstüner (Author), Remzi Adnan Akdoğan (Author), Emine Seda Güvendağ Güven (Author), Figen Kır Şahin (Author), Şenol Şentürk (Author), Elif Akdoğan (Author), Filiz Taşçı (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) can be chronic or acute in nature; it is characterized by a thrombus formation in the main portal vein and/or its right or left branches. Herein, we present a 36-year-old woman with asymptomatic noncirrhotic chronic PVT who developed preeclampsia in the later stage of pr...