Portal vein thrombosis does not usually cause ascites unless hepatocellular damage is also present.
Nonhepatic causes include the following: ...
Use of Yttrium-90 glass microspheres (TheraSphere) for the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with portal vein thrombosis. J Vasc and Interv Radiol 2004; 15:335-334.
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Clots in the veins of the liver (portal vein thrombosis)
Colon cancer
Congestive heart failure
Constrictive pericarditis
Hepatitis
Infections such as tuberculosis
Liver cancer
Nephrotic syndrome
Ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer ...
Other complications may include portal vein thrombosis (blood clot formation), the development of liver tumors, altered drug metabolism, spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and hepatic encephalopathy, ...
abdomen (Hepatic veno-occlusive disease, Budd-Chiari syndrome, May-Thurner syndrome, Portal vein thrombosis, Renal vein thrombosis)
upper limb/torso (Paget-Schroetter disease, Mondor's disease)
head (Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis) ...
Deep vein thrombosis (blood clot in deep veins of the leg)
Pulmonary embolism (clot in artery that takes blood from heart to lungs)
Portal vein thrombosis (clot in artery that takes blood from digestive system to liver)
Heart attack
Stroke ...
These include portal vein thrombosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome and veno-occlusive disease.
Metabolic disease.
Pierre Robin's sequence ... vomiting
Portal hypertension ... vomiting blood
Portal thrombosis ... vomiting blood
Portal vein thrombosis ... vomiting blood ...
liver disease resulting in portal hypertension are cirrhosis caused by alcohol abuse and viral hepatitis (hepatitis B and C). Less common causes include diseases such as hemochromatosis, primary biliary cirrhosis, (PBC), and portal vein thrombosis.
Any interference with arterial blood supply (including infusion chemotherapy) may be associated with significant morbidity and is contraindicated in the presence of portal hypertension, portal vein thrombosis, or clinical jaundice.
 See also: Thrombosis, Cancer, Cirrhosis, Portal hypertension, Hypertension
  
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