PYLEPHLEBITIS INCIDENTALLY FOUND ON A PATIENT WITH GASTRIC CANCER

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https://doi.org/10.34635/rpc.710

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Pylephlebitis, gastric cancer, portal vein

Abstract

Pylephlebitis is a suppurative infection of the portal vein. This rare condition is most often related to intra-abdominal infections like appendicitis or acute diverticulitis. We present an incidentally found case of pylephlebitis in a patient who presented to the emergency department with unspecific symptoms and a recent diagnosis of gastric cancer. 

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2021-01-20

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