Portal vein thrombosis in early childhood may be a result of perinatal events such as omphalitis, umbilical vein cannulation, intraabdominal sepsis, dehydration, or hypercoagulability states. In more than 50% of cases, the cause of portal vein thrombo...
Portal vein thrombosis in early childhood may be a result of perinatal events such as omphalitis, umbilical vein cannulation, intraabdominal sepsis, dehydration, or hypercoagulability states. In more than 50% of cases, the cause of portal vein thrombosis is unknown.
We describe a 2-month-old girl with portal vein thrombosis associated with both cytomegalovirus infection and protein C and S deficiency.