Table I.
Clinical characteristics, disease causes, CT scan details and disease course of 18 ASMVT patients.
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Age, years | 50.9±13.9 (30–72) |
| Gender (male/female), n | 12/6 |
| Thrombophilia, n | |
| Protein C or S deficiency | 2 |
| Antithrombin III deficiency | 1 |
| Malignancy | 2 |
| Historical venous thromboembolism | 3 |
| Local factors causing vessel wall injury, n | |
| Intra-abdominal surgery | 6 |
| Pancreatitis | 2 |
| Patients with cirrhosis, n | |
| Hepatitis B virus | 4 |
| Hepatitis C virus | 1 |
| Alcohol | 1 |
| Clinical presentation, n (%) | |
| Abdominal pain | 18 (100) |
| Distention | 9 (50) |
| Nausea | 4 (22) |
| Melena | 3 (17) |
| Ileus | 3 (17) |
| Fever | 2 (11) |
| Lumbodorsal pain | 1 (6) |
| Emesis | 1 (6) |
| Peritonitis | 1 (6) |
| Vessel with thrombosis (CT scan), n | |
| SMV | 2 |
| SMV+PV | 10 |
| SMV+PV+SV | 6 |
| Symptom onset to treatment, days | 5.0±3.5 |
| Surgery, n (%) | 1 (5.9) |
| Length of hospital stay, days | 16.4±7.6 |
| Treatment to symptom remission, days | 6.3±3.7 |
ASMVT, acute superior mesenteric venous thrombosis; SMV, superior mesenteric vein; PV, portal vein; SV, splenic vein.