Fig. 2
Two patients with iatrogenic portal vein thrombosis. a A 65-year-old male with known HCC underwent selective right portal vein embolization for surgical resection. The patient presented with severe epigastric and right upper quadrant pain 14 days after the procedure. Axial post-contrast abdominal CT image demonstrated acute main portal vein thrombosis (arrows). Also, note metallic artifacts in the right liver lobe secondary to embolization coils. b A 55-year-old male with known Hodgkin lymphoma underwent splenic artery embolization because of pancytopenia induced by hypersplenism presents with persistent right upper quadrant pain and elevated liver enzymes. Coronally reformatted post-contrast abdominal CT image demonstrated diffuse portal vein thrombosis (arrows). Also, note is made of diffuse splenomegaly and extensive parenchymal infarcts (asterisks)