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Query: UMLS:C0085693 (acute appendicitis)
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Portal and mesenteric pyelephlebitis is a rarely recognised condition associated with a high morbidity. It usually develops secondary to infection in the drainage area of the portal venous system. We report a case of perforated acute appendicitis complicated by superior mesenteric venous pyelephlebitis and thrombocytopaenia. Appendicectomy and treatment with broad-spectrum antibiotics, anticoagulation, and platelets led to a full recovery. Follow-up imaging revealed complete resolution of the thrombosis. The literature is reviewed and the operative and non-operative approaches for the management of mesenteric and portal venous thrombosis are discussed.
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PMID:Portal venous thrombophlebitis in a case of perforated appendicitis: lessons from a case. 1671 95

Portal biliopathy is due to compression of the common bile duct by varicose veins constituting portal cavernoma. Usually asymptomatic, it can occasionally be responsible for jaundice or cholangitis. We report a case of portal cavernoma secondary to pylephlebitis complicating acute appendicitis, followed eleven years later by occurrence of cholestatic jaundice. Diagnosis of portal biliopathy was done by imaging and confirmed by endoscopic retrograde cholangiography with insertion of a plastic stent into common bile duct. This stent was periodically changed and allowed regression of jaundice with a 3-year follow-up. Through a review of the literature, both clinical and therapeutic characteristics of portal biliopathy were studied.
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PMID:[Cholestatic jaundice secondary to portal cavernoma: Case report]. 1683 70