Purpose The morphometry of the hepatic portal vein is of clinical importance, particularly in
pre-operative assessments, surgical management, and diagnoses of liver conditions. This …

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a common cause of portal hypertension in children.
Predisposing conditions for PVT are obscure in more than half of the cases. Variceal …

One of the most important causes of portal hypertension among children is extrahepatic
portal vein thrombosis (EHPVT). The most common risk factors for EHPVT are neonatal …

Background Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in the pediatric population is rare, occurring in
about 10 to 14 out of 10,000 pediatric admissions annually, but with serious consequences …

The experience of the “endoscopic community” in pediatric patients is limited, but during
recent years increased skills of the endoscopists and technological improvements lead to a …

Methods: After ethical approval of our study protocol by our institution review board, we
analyzed available data from medical records of patients with EHPVO presenting to the …

The liver is a unique organ as it receives afferent blood supply from the umbilical vein, portal
vein, and hepatic artery in the developing embryo but has only one efferent drainage …

Abdominal venous thrombosis is a rare form of venous thromboembolic disease in children.
While mortality rates are low, a significant proportion of affected children may suffer long …

Results The mean age of enrolled participants was 9.01±2.81 years. It was found that PVT
(63%) was the most common cause of PH, followed by liver cirrhosis (19%) and biliary …

The chapter deals with two of the important causes of pre-sinusoidal non-cirrhotic portal
hypertension in tropics—extrahepatic portal venous obstruction (EHPVO) and idiopathic non …