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Unrecognized pylephlebitis causing life-threatening septic shock: a case report.

Matthew Wireko1, Philip A Berry, John Brennan, Rakesh Aga.   

Abstract

A man who developed profound septic shock was treated for Escherichia coli sepsis of unknown origin. Following stabilisation, a diagnosis of pylephlebitis (infection and thrombosis in the portal vein) was made at computed tomography. A review of the condition, its primary causes, typical features, investigation and management was presented.

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Year:  2005        PMID： 15641159      PMCID： PMC4250824          DOI： 10.3748/wjg.v11.i4.614

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  World J Gastroenterol        ISSN： 1007-9327            Impact factor:   5.742


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Review 4.  Septic thrombophlebitis of the portal vein (pylephlebitis): diagnosis and management in the modern era.

Authors:  R M Plemmons; D P Dooley; R N Longfield
Journal:  Clin Infect Dis       Date:  1995-11       Impact factor: 9.079

5.  [Pylephlebitis with air in the portal vein system. An unusual focus in a patient with sepsis].

Authors:  S Kluge; K E Hahn; C H Lund; A Gocht; G Kreymann
Journal:  Dtsch Med Wochenschr       Date:  2003-06-20       Impact factor: 0.628
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1.  Fatal hemorrhage due to thrombosis and rupture of the portal vein and hepatic artery.

Authors:  Ivan Ferkolj; Jadranka Vrh-Jermancic; Borut Stabuc
Journal:  Wien Klin Wochenschr       Date:  2009       Impact factor: 1.704

Review 2.  Thrombophlebitis of abdominal veins as an unusual cause for acute abdomen: avoiding the diagnostic pitfalls.

Authors:  Elvin Yuan Ting Lim; Ranu Taneja
Journal:  Emerg Radiol       Date:  2020-06-24

3.  A case of pylephlebitis complicating an acute appendicitis: Uncommon cholangitis-like situation.

Authors:  Mar Dalmau; Carlos Petrola; Pablo Lopez; Ramon Vilallonga; Amador Garcia Ruiz de Gordejuela; Manel Armengol
Journal:  Int J Surg Case Rep       Date:  2022-09-15

4.  Pylephlebitis due to perforated appendicitis in a teenager.

Authors:  Carina Levin; Ariel Koren; Dan Miron; Dimitry Lumelsky; Elchanan Nussinson; Leonardo Siplovich; Yoseph Horovitz
Journal:  Eur J Pediatr       Date:  2008-09-02       Impact factor: 3.183

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Journal:  BMJ Case Rep       Date:  2013-06-27

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Authors:  Ayad Harb; Olivia Smith; Helen Lloyd; Ziad Harb; John G Payne
Journal:  J Gastrointest Surg       Date:  2009-07-07       Impact factor: 3.452

7.  Pylephlebitis After Colonic Polypectomy Causing Fever and Abdominal Pain.

Authors:  Zane R Gallinger; Gary May; Paul Kortan; Ahmed M Bayoumi
Journal:  ACG Case Rep J       Date:  2015-04-10

8.  Septic Portal Vein Thrombosis, Clinical Presentation, and Management.

Authors:  Simran Anand; Chukwuemeka A Umeh; Curren Giberson; Elias Wassel; Anphong Nguyen; Hayden Porter; Prithi Choday; Harpreet Kaur; Ankur Kundu; Jose Penaherrera
Journal:  Cureus       Date:  2021-11-23
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