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Gastrointestinal bleeding due to chronic portal vein thrombosis in ulcerative colitis

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The authors report the case of a patient suffering from ulcerative colitis, who had several episodes of digestive hemorrhage due to portal hypertension. Portal hypertension was secondary to chronic portal vein thrombosis. This diagnosis was made on the venous phase of celiac and mesenteric angiography. The authors review the published cases of ulcerative colitis with portal vein thrombosis and discuss the possible etiologic factors: hypercoagulability, thrombocytosis, and intraabdominal sepsis.

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  1. Clinique Médicale A, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, 1 Place V. Pauchet, 80030, Amiens Cedex, France

    Jean-Pierre Capron MD, Alexandre Remond MD, Didier Lebrec MD, Jacques Delamarre MD, Jean-Louis Dupas MD & Alfred Lorriaux MD

  2. the Unité de Recherches de Physiopathologie Hépatique (INSERM), Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France

    Jean-Pierre Capron MD, Alexandre Remond MD, Didier Lebrec MD, Jacques Delamarre MD, Jean-Louis Dupas MD & Alfred Lorriaux MD

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Capron, JP., Remond, A., Lebrec, D. et al. Gastrointestinal bleeding due to chronic portal vein thrombosis in ulcerative colitis. Digest Dis Sci 24, 232–235 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01308436

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