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Mesenteric vein thrombosis (MVT) in a pregnant patient is a rare condition that seems to be associated with the pregnancy pró-thrombotic state. This can lead to severe circumstances such as intestinal hemorrhagic ischemia, sepsis, abortion and death. Abdominal assessment is challenging due to the anatomical and physiological changes during pregnancy. MVT clinical and complementary evaluation are nonspecific, making essential an image exam. We report a case of a 33-years-old woman at 11 weeks of gestation. She sought medical evaluation due to abdominal pain and had an appendicitis diagnosis, which was treated by laparoscopic surgery. One week later, she came back complaining of nonspecific abdominal pain. So an extensive evaluation was made, and the diagnosis of MVT and intestinal ischemia was concluded. She underwent laparotomy exploration and anticoagulation, having a good evolution and so was discharged on the sixth post-operative day.

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Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a disease in which thrombosis occurs from the intrahepatic branches of the portal vein, and may extend to the splenic vein and/or superior mesenteric vein. It is most often associated with liver cirrhosis. PVT not associated with cirrhosis is rare. The aim of this article is to report two cases of PVT in which it was not associated with cirrhosis. Both were treated with anticoagulation and clinical progress afterwards was good.

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Resumo A trombose de veia porta (TVP) é uma doença na qual ocorre trombose desde os ramos intra-hepáticos da veia porta, podendo se estender até a veia esplênica e/ou veia mesentérica superior, estando associada, na maioria das vezes, à cirrose hepática. A TVP não associada a cirrose é rara. O objetivo deste artigo foi relatar dois casos de TVP não associados à cirrose, que foram tratados com anticoagulação e tiveram evolução clínica satisfatória.

Abstract Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is a disease in which thrombosis occurs from the intrahepatic branches of the portal vein, and may extend to the splenic vein and/or superior mesenteric vein. It is most often associated with liver cirrhosis. PVT not associated with cirrhosis is rare. The aim of this article is to report two cases of PVT in which it was not associated with cirrhosis. Both were treated with anticoagulation and clinical progress afterwards was good.

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Budd-Chiari syndrome and porto-spleno-mesenteric thrombosis are less prevalent patologies, but related to high morbimortality, that present in context of chronic hepatopathies, myeloproliferative neoplasms and other prothrombotic conditions. Review of local experience and of current available literature of endovascular management of last five years was made. In relation to Budd-Chiari syndrome, early anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparines and transition to oral anticoagulation with K vitamin antagonists was recomended, also managing subyacent pathology, identifying and treating portal hypertension signs and endovascular therapy with angioplasty or Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS), depending on the thrombus extension. For portal vein thrombosis the same scheme was recommended, with emphasis in treating portal hypertension signs in chronic cases. Endovascular approach includes localized thrombolisis, thrombectomy and TIPS in previous non-effective therapy. We propose a management algorithm of these diseases.

El síndrome de Budd-Chiari y la trombosis venosa porto-espleno-mesentérica son patologías de baja prevalencia, pero de gran morbimortalidad asociada, que se presentan en contexto de hepatopatías crónicas, neoplasias mieloproliferativas y otras condiciones protrombóticas. Se revisó casuística local y literatura disponible del abordaje endovascular de estas patologías en los últimos cinco años. En relación al síndrome de Budd-Chiari, se recomienda la anticoagulación precoz con heparinas de bajo peso molecular y traslape con antagonistas de vitamina K, tratar la patología subyacente, identificar y tratar signos de hipertensión portal y realizar terapia endovascular con angioplastia o instalación de Shunt portosistémico transyugular (TIPS) según la extensión del compromiso. Se recomienda un esquema similar para la trombosis porto-espleno-mesentérica, con énfasis en manejo de hipertensión portal en los casos crónicos. El abordaje endovascular incluye la trombolisis localizada, trombectomía y TIPS en caso de fracaso del tratamiento previo. Se propone un algoritmo de manejo de dichas patologías.

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Objetivo: Reportar la experiencia en el manejo quirúrgico de pacientes con trombosis mesentérica venosa. Sede: Hospital de Tercer Nivel. Diseño: Estudio observacional, descriptivo, transversal, retrospectivo, Análisis estadístico: Porcentajes como medida de resumen para variables cualitativas. Pacientes y métodos: Estudio retrospectivo en el que se incluyeron 8 pacientes intervenidos quirúrgicamente durante un periodo de 5 años. Cinco de los pacientes tenían antecedentes o factores asociados a trombosis. El síntoma más común en la mayoría fue dolor abdominal de más de tres días de evolución. En todos, la trombosis mesentérica venosa se clasificó como secundaria y fue necesario realizar resección intestinal del segmento afectado. Seis pacientes tuvieron buena evolución y permanecieron con manejo anticoagulante. Dos pacientes fallecieron por complicaciones embólicas pulmonares. Conclusiones: La trombosis mesentérica venosa es una entidad rara con sintomatología vaga. Antecedentes del paciente, sospecha diagnóstica y estudios de imagen son los factores más importantes para realizar el diagnóstico al que es infrecuente llegar antes de la operación. La cirugía con resección del segmento afectado conlleva a resultados aceptables.

Objective: To report our experience with patients with mesenteric vein thrombosis managed surgically. Setting: Third level health care hospital. Design: Observational, descriptive, retrospective study. Statistical analysis: Percentages as summary measure for qualitative variables. Patients and methods: During a 5-year period, eight patients with mesenteric vein thrombosis were managed surgically; five of them had known risk factors for the development of venous thrombosis or had previous events of thrombosis at other sites. Abdominal pain was the predominant symptom, in most cases of three or more days. All had secondary vein thrombosis and required resection of the affected bowel. Six of them survived and were kept on anticoagulation therapy. Two patients died due to pulmonary embolism. Conclusions: Mesenteric vein thrombosis is a rare entity with vague symptoms. Medical history of the patient, clinical suspicion, and radiological studies are the most important factors for diagnosis; this latter is rarely attained preoperatively. Surgical management with resection of affected bowel leads to acceptable outcomes.

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La trombosis venosa portal extrahepática (TVPHE) ocurre en etapas tempranas de la vida como complicación de onfalitis, canulación de vena umbilical, sepsis intraabdominal, deshidratación y estados de hipercoagulabilidad. En la adultez, se describe la asociación a estados de hipercoagulabilidad, principalmente deficiencias de proteínas C y S, postraumática, manipulación portal, pancreatitis, así como obstrucción o invasión tumoral. En la mitad de estos casos, la etiología es desconocida. Hay reportes en la literatura de TVPEH asociada a procesos infecciosos severos como sepsis por Fusobacterium necrophorum, Fusobacterium nucleatum, así como infección por Citomegalovirus; sin embargo estos reportes son muy escasos. Paciente femenino de 56 años de edad, con antecedente de síndrome mielodisplásico, quien acude por clínica de dolor abdominal difuso, ictericia obstructiva y trastornos en el funcionalismo hepático. Dentro de las evaluaciones efectuadas se realiza Ultrasonido Endoscópico (USE) con evidencia de trombosis venosa profunda portal y mesentérica superior con hipertensión portal, várices esofágicas y fundicas. Se plantea probable origen infeccioso por lo que se solicita serologia para CMV con niveles elevados de IgG, se inicia tratamiento antiviral con valganciclovir y betabloquenates con evolución satisfactoria luego de un año. Conclusión: A pesar de que la trombosis venosa portal asociada a la infección por CMV es un evento poco frecuente en individuos inmunocompetentes, el descarte de esta debe ser incluida dentro del plan diagnóstico de trombosis del lecho esplenoportal...

Extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis (EHPVT) occurs in early stages of life as a complication of omphalitis, cannulation of the umbilical vein, intra-abdominal sepsis, dehydration, and hypercoagulable states, mainly C and S proteins deficiencies, post-traumatic, portal vein manipulation, pancreatitis, as well as tumor invasion or obstruction. Etiology is unknown in half of these cases. In the literature, there are reports of EHPVT associated with severe infectious processes such as sepsis by Fusobacterium necrophorum, Fusobacterium nucleatum, as well as infection by Cytomegalovirus (CMV). Nonetheless, such reports are very scarce. Female patient aged 56, con antecedent myelodysplastic syndrome, who attends the clinic with diffuse abdominal pain, obstructive icterus, and liver function disturbances. Among the assessments performed, an Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) is carried out evidencing upper mesenteric and deep portal vein thrombosis with portal hypertension, esophageal and fundic varices. A probable infectious origin is stated, thus serology is requested for CMV with elevated levels of IgG; antiviral treatment is started with Valgancyclovir and Beta-Blockers with satisfactory evolution after one year. Conclusion: Despite the portal vein thrombosis associated with the infection by CMV is a rare event in immunocompetetnt persons, discarding it must be included in a diagnosis plan for splenic-portal bed thrombosis...

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