Hepatic portal venous gas (HPVG) is a rare ominous radiological sign usually indicative of mesenteric ischemia. Increased detection of HPVG has been associated with a growing number of non-ischemic causes. A 64-year-old gentleman following radical cystectomy and neobladder formation developed clinical signs suggestive of bowel obstruction. HPVG was demonstrated on abdominal imaging. Urgent lapa...

Cirrhotic ascites, in which secondary hyperaldosteronism is a notable feature, is associated with impaired gastric secretion (Baddeley, 1968). Obstruction to hepatic venous outflow, which also induces secondary hyperaldosteronism and ascites (Orloff, Ross, Baddeley, Nutting, Spitz, Sloop, Neesby, and Halasz, 1964), depresses acid secretion from Heidenhain pouches in dogs with cirrhotic and non-...

BACKGROUND Venous obstruction and subsequent pulmonary embolism belong to the most common and dangerous complications of pacemaker implantation. Thus, identification of patients at risk of venous obstruction seems to be of critical importance. AIM To determine risk factors of venous obstruction following pacemaker implantation. METHODS Eighty one patients with permanent cardiac pacing (31 F...

The medical management of patients with portal venous hypertension and bleeding from oesophageal varices is limited to the control of bleeding by balloon tamponage, the restoration of circulating blood volume, the prevention and treatment of hepatic coma, and the prescription of a suitable diet. On the other hand various surgical procedures may be carried out depending on the cause of the porta...

The interatrial pressure-flow dynamics in patients with right-to-left shunting at the atrial level in the presence of right heart obstruction were studied. In tricuspid atresia most of the right-to-left gradient occurred during right atrial systole. This gradient, as well as the cineangiocardiograms, indicated that almost all systemic venous return was transferred from the right to the left atr...

Celiac disease can present with extraintestinal manifestations, including liver disease, a spectrum ranging from elevated biochemistries to advanced cirrhosis. Liver biopsy findings may include variable degrees of steatosis, inflammation, and fibrosis. In one case, we have seen the patient presented unexplained ascites features suggestive Budd-Chiari syndrome. The serum-ascites albumin gradient...

background evaluation of a transplanted liver by imaging techniques and enzyme changes is sensitive to hepatocellular or biliary problems, but in most instances liver allograft biopsies are performed in order to find out the final reason for these changes. objectives it’s been about 17 years (with more than 1326 cases) since the first liver transplantation in the namazi hospital of shiraz unive...