Miyazaki Y, Shinomura Y, Kitamura S, Hiraoka S, Tomoda K, Nezu R, Kamiike W, Nakamura H, Matsuzawa Y
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Japan.
Am J Gastroenterol. 1995 Sep;90(9):1533-4.
A patient with severe ulcerative colitis developed portal vein thrombosis. Intraportal infusion of plasminogen activators through a percutaneous transhepatic catheter produced an effective thrombolysis without increasing rectal bleeding. This is the first report in which portal vein thrombosis associated with active ulcerative colitis was treated successfully.