Daily Archives: March 3, 2017

The rise of smartphones and tablets has fundamentally transformed the way we interact. Mobile applications, or “apps,” created for smartphones and tablets and distributed via the Apple store (for Apple iOS devices) and the Google Play store (for An… Continue reading →

Question: A 75-year-old woman with a history of chronic obstructive lung disease, alcoholic cirrhosis, and a recent episode of polymicrobial bacteremia (Enterococcus avium and Bacteroides) at an outside hospital 2 months before presentation was admit… Continue reading →

Question: A 56-year-old man underwent annual abdominal ultrasonography (US) as a medical checkup and a mass was found in his portal vein. Further examination was required and he was admitted to our hospital. He had no significant chief complaints, fami… Continue reading →

I believe that some further comment is appropriate about the need of a new classification of portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in patients with cirrhosis, as discussed in the interesting paper recently published in Gastroenterology.1 Continue reading →