Portal vein thrombosis after colectomy for ulcerative colitis: Two case reports and proposed novel pathophysiology for this association

Portal vein thrombosis after laparoscopic total colectomy for colonic inertia

Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) has been recently documented after a variety of laparoscopic surgeries. Although it is well established in splenectomies, its prevalence in other laparoscopic procedures is rare. PVT in colectomies has been associated with inflammatory processes, such as ulcerative colitis and diverticulitis. We report a case of postoperative PVT following a total abdominal colectom...

Ileitis after colectomy for ulcerative colitis

An ileitis developing years or months after ileostomy was recognised and described many years ago but has rarely been mentioned since. We describe nine patients with a non-specific preanastomotic ileitis that developed years after colectomy in patients operated on for ulcerative colitis or carcinoma. The disease developed after various types of reconstruction: ileorectal, ileoanal, with or with...

Rectal lymphoma after colectomy for ulcerative colitis.

Primary colonic lymphoma is an increasingly recognised complication of ulcerative colitis. We report the first known case of rectal lymphoma occurring after colectomy and ileorectal anastomosis in ulcerative colitis.

Portal vein thrombosis in a patient with ulcerative colitis.

" At the figures you can see the portal vein with many collateral vessels. The diagnosis is cavernoma of the portal vein. The presentation of extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis) are dominated by primary sclerosing cholangitis, arthritis, and erythema nodosum. Beside the fact that it is known for a long time, reports about ...

ulcerative colitis remission after renal transplantation: two case reports