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. 2011 Jun 10;11:66. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-11-66

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%).