The antiphospholipid syndrome associated with hepatic vein thrombosis has usually been of the primary type; that is, the American Rheumatism Association criteria for the diagnosis of systemic ...

In many patients with pure hepatic vein thrombosis, the inferior vena cava appears narrowed at its intrahepatic portion, in relation with the enlargement of the caudate lobe. An increased pressure ...

This makes the IVC almost symmetrical. Other veins that enter the IVC include the hepatic veins, inferior phrenic veins, and lumbar vertebral veins. What makes the IVC different from other veins ...