Hepatic vein thrombosis (HVT ... order an ultrasound of your liver to check its size and for signs of damage. A CT scan can also be used to look for obstructions and damaged tissue.

Computerized tomography scans, or CT scans, use X-ray imaging and processing ... This procedure involves placing a tube between the portal vein and the hepatic vein in the liver to prevent excess ...

Acute thrombosis of the left hepatic vein is evident (Panel C); a Doppler color study confirms the absence of flow. A CT scan, obtained in the venous phase at the level of the terminal portion of ...

Computed tomography (CT) scan shows a 6-cm liver mass consistent with hepatoma invading the portal vein. CT of the chest shows a single metastatic lesion in the right lower lung, 1.5 cm in size.

On venographic examination, the right hepatic vein is not visualized; instead, there is a rich collateral circulation between the tributaries of the hepatic vein and the liver capsule, which forms ...