Portal cavernoma in a patient with Crohn's disease associated with factor V Leiden mutation and antiphospholipid syndrome.

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Portal vein thrombosis followed by the occurrence of a portal cavernoma is a rare condition that requires convergence between systemic predisposition and local factors in order to develop. Among the complications of inflammatory bowel diseases, such eventuality is quite unusual. Ulcerative colitis accounts for the majority of these vascular complications, while in Crohn's disease the occurrence of such events is...

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