Acute Portal Vein Thrombosis Diagnosed with Point-of-care Ultrasonography

Abdominal pain is the most common presenting complaint to the emergency department (ED);1 however, acute portal vein thrombosis is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain. In the following case report, we present a patient who presented to the ED with symptoms of gastroenteritis but was ultimately diagn...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wells, Daniel, Brackney, Abigail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Depatment of Emergency Medicine 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849431
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2016.11.32979
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Sumario:Abdominal pain is the most common presenting complaint to the emergency department (ED);1 however, acute portal vein thrombosis is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain. In the following case report, we present a patient who presented to the ED with symptoms of gastroenteritis but was ultimately diagnosed with acute portal vein thrombosis by point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS).

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