Background: Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is increasingly frequently being diagnosed, but systematic descriptions of the natural history and clinical handling of the condition are sparse.

The antiphospholipid syndrome associated with hepatic vein thrombosis has usually been of the primary type; that is, the American Rheumatism Association criteria for the diagnosis of systemic ...

"This work redefines the concept of how thrombosis develops in cancer patients, compared to the traditional view that factors on blood vessel walls or tumor cells themselves are responsible," said ...

Radiological imaging is essential in the diagnosis and management of cancer, but current clinical practice makes little use of the additional information available from advanced, multi-modal ...

A RECENT population-based study has revealed that patients diagnosed with cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) face a significantly higher risk of developing cancer, especially within the first year ...