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01-07-2014 | Case Report
An Association of Myeloproliferative Neoplasms and Obliterative Portal Venopathy
Authors:
Jillian E. Mayer, Thomas D. Schiano, Maria Isabel Fiel, Ronald Hoffman, John O. Mascarenhas
Published in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Issue 7/2014
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Excerpt
Obliterative portal venopathy (OPV) is a cause of non-cirrhotic portal hypertension (NCPH) and has recently replaced the term hepatoportal sclerosis, which is synonymous with idiopathic portal hypertension, non-cirrhotic portal fibrosis and incomplete septal cirrhosis [
1]. There continues to be some confusion as to whether these terms refer to the same clinical entity [
1]. OPV involves varying degrees of obliteration of the portal vein and particularly affects the small terminal branches of the intrahepatic portal vein [
1]. Dilatation of the sinusoids, regenerative hepatic nodules, and extrahepatic portal vein involvement can also be seen [
1]. …
