TY - JOUR T1 - Portal vein thrombosis – a primer for the general physician JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 212 LP - 219 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.17-3-212 VL - 17 IS - 3 AU - Mohammad Harris AU - Jecko Thachil Y1 - 2017/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/17/3/212.abstract N2 - Portal vein thrombosis (PVT) is thrombosis of the portal ­circulation, which may present with varied symptoms. However, increased use of abdominal imaging has noted a large number of incidental PVT. At the same time, PVT may be overlooked in the absence of the characteristic symptoms. More recently, a JAK2 mutation has been recognised as a cause of PVT. Anticoagulation is the mainstay of treatment, but can pose a dilemma because of the associated coagulopathy, the presence of varices and thrombocytopenia. ER -