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Septic thrombus formation of both the main portal vein and its intrahepatic branches were observed on CT in a patient with peripancreatic abscess. The septic thrombosis of portal vein (STPV) extended from the level of porta hepatis into the intrahepatic branches, but the portal vein and superior mesenteric vein at the level of pancreatic head were preserved with no evidence of thrombosis angiographically. The gas-containing abscess near the head of the pancreas extended toward the hepatic hilum and surrounded the portal vein and its branches on CT. It was concluded that these thrombi of portal vein branches at porta hepatis and intrahepatic branches were caused by extensions of peripancreatic abscess via the hepatoduodenal ligament and ligamentum teres. Computed tomography was useful in depicting the ligamentous spread of peripancreatic abscess resulting in STPV.
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Received: 29 September 1997; Revision received: 13 February 1998; Accepted: 16 February 1998
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Wakisaka, M., Mori, H., Kiyosue, H. et al. Septic thrombosis of the portal vein due to peripancreatic ligamental abscess. Eur Radiol 9, 90–92 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050634
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050634