A 75-year-old male with metastatic pancreatic cancer is undergoing chemotherapy with gemcitabine. A portal vein thrombosis was incidentally found on surveillance CT scan. He does not report any new abdominal pain or ascites. Should anticoagulation be used to treat asymptomatic portal vein thrombosis?
Management of incidental splanchnic vein thrombosis in cancer patients
AGENO, WALTER;
2014
Abstract
A 75-year-old male with metastatic pancreatic cancer is undergoing chemotherapy with gemcitabine. A portal vein thrombosis was incidentally found on surveillance CT scan. He does not report any new abdominal pain or ascites. Should anticoagulation be used to treat asymptomatic portal vein thrombosis?
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