A case of portal cavernoma--associated essential thrombocythemia.

J Gastrointestin Liver Dis

Department of Internal Medicine, Railway University Hospital, 6 Stirbei Voda, 200374 Craiova, Romania.

Published: March 2007

Portal cavernoma is a rare complication of portal vein thrombosis and may be a component of the myeloproliferative hematologic disorders. In the present case report, although the symptoms induced by portal hypertension and portal biliopathy had a concordant evolution with the portal cavernoma, the peripheral thrombocytosis and the medullar expression of essential thrombocythemia became relevant at 18 months.

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