High Incidence of Hepatitis B Infection-Associated Cirrhosis and Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Southeast Asian Patients with Portal Vein Thrombosis

Table 2 Distribution of thrombosis in 194 patients with PVT

Site of thrombotic involvement^#	No. of cases (%)
Portal vein only	145 (74.7)
Porto-mesenteric (SMV)	12 (6.2)
Porto-mesenteric (IMV)	0 (0)
Porto-venacaval	2 (1)
Porto-splenic	16 (8.2)
Porto-spleno-mesenteric (SMV)	19 (9.8)
Porto-spleno-mesenteric (IMV)	1 (0.5)

^#Imaging modalities for the first diagnosis of PVT included ultrasonography (17%), Doppler ultrasonography (6.7%), CT (71.6%), MRI (1%), and MRV (3.6%).

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