Portal and Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis in Two Diabetic Patients

10 September 1987

journal article
case report
Published by Wiley in Diabetic Medicine

Vol. 4 (5) , 485-487
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1464-5491.1987.tb00914.x

Abstract

We report two adult patients in whom portal and mesenteric vein thrombosis was a serious complication of diabetes. The contribution of a hypercoagulable state is considered and the importance of careful glycaemic control in patients with previous thrombotic episodes is emphasized.

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