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Maghreb Medical. 2005; 25 (375): 199-200
in French
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ABSTRACT
To report a case of portal vein thrombosis revealing an appendicular abscess. Case report: a 45 -year-old man presented to the emergency room with liver pain and fever. An ultrasonography showed portal vein thrombosis and collection in the right iliac fossa evoked a pylephlebitis originated from an appendicitis abscess. The surgical operation has confirmed the diagnosis and the patient has been treated by antibiotic and heparin. The patient has shown a good clinical and radiological evolution. The pylephlebitis is a rare and sometimes fatal complication of intra abdominal suppurative infections [diverticulite, appendicite]