A 24-year-old man presented with a 7-year history of recurrent melena, acutely worsening 3 days prior. He had undergone ...

Nodular ultrasound patterns may not reflect greater liver impairment ... between and within observers (intraclass correlation coefficients for STVi, TE, portal vein diameter, and velocity all ranged ...

Major liver resections require extensive margins. Occasionally, insufficient parenchyma is available after surgery to maintain liver function. In such cases, vascular embolization in the affected lobe ...

The prognosis of hepatic LELC is better than hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The differentiation between hepatic LELC and HCC has clinical value during follow-up treatment. The purpose of our study ...

The blood in the portal vein flows directly into the liver and is filtered by the hepatocytes (liver cells). After this process, the detoxified blood continues through the liver and returns to the ...

Elevated resistance to portal blood flow in schistosomiasis is a cause of portal vein thrombosis and ... Abdominal ultrasound is important in the evaluation of portal hypertension in patients with ...

Liver biopies were recommened for those patients with abnormal hepatic and portal vein color Doppler ultrasound tests, or those patients may clincally have potential pathological progress according to ...

20 Associated portal vein thrombosis is usually ... directly into the inferior vena cava. An ultrasound image of the liver shows a patent proximal hepatic vein with a short-length stenosis at ...

a radiologist uses X-rays or ultrasound imaging to guide a catheter through the jugular vein and into the portal vein in the liver, where they will create a tunnel between the portal and hepatic ...

A Doppler ultrasound uses sound waves to see how the blood flows through your portal vein. The ultrasound gives your doctor ... order to control the bleeding and prevent it from recurring. Hepatic ...