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Axial unenhanced CT-slice revealing a spontaneously hyperdense splenic vein thrombus.
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The CT exam, performed 15 days postoperatively, revealed splenic vein thrombosis, extending into the intrahepatic segment of the left branch of the portal vein (Figures 1a and 1b-c).
Axial contrast-enhanced portal phase CT slices at the level of the splenic vein (Figure 1b) and portal vein (Figure c) confirming a thrombosis of the splenic vein, extending into the portal vein as well as the part of the intrahepatic segment of the left branch of the portal vein (arrows).
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A PET-CT was performed four days later searching for infection, confirming a non-hypermetabolic, and most likely non-tumoral, thrombus (Figure 2).