Adipose tissue dysfunction is associated with inflammation, type 2 diabetes mellitus and vascular diseases. Visceral adipose tissue (VAT)-derived adipokines, which are released in the portal ...

In this Journal feature, information about a real patient is presented in stages (boldface type) to an expert clinician, who responds to the information, sharing his or her reasoning with the reader ...

The underlying conditions favoring or precipitating hepatic vein or inferior vena cava thrombosis must be recognized and treated. This essential part of therapy is beyond the scope of this review.

Mesenteric ischemia refers to a group of disorders marked by decreased blood supply to the bowel due to blockage or narrowing of the blood vessels that supply them. It can occur suddenly without ...

The most common place for blood clots to form is in the lower leg due to decelerating blood flow to the lower limbs. Sometimes, however, a blood clot may form in the veins leading to the stomach. This ...

SHORTLY after Abeatici and Campi, 1 in 1951, introduced direct percutaneous splenic puncture as a method of performing splenoportal venography in dogs this became the standard roentgenographic method ...

Background: A 52-year-old man presented to hospital having experienced abdominal pain, abdominal distention and oliguria for 1 week. An abdominal CT scan revealed thrombosis in the superior mesenteric ...

(A) Compression. Pancreatic cysts compress the splenic vein, increasing venous flow in the gastric veins and forming varices. Other causes of compression include pancreatic NET, lymphoma, SAA, ...

Nutcracker syndrome is a rare condition that happens when the vein that drains your left kidney gets squeezed between big blood vessels in your belly. It can be very painful, but it's usually not ...