PORTAL-VEIN THROMBOSIS CONCOMITANT WITH THROMBOPHILIA DURING PREGNANCY

The experience with portal vein thrombosis, an uncommon cause of porta l hypertension complicating pregnancy is currently too brief to form d efinite conclusions regarding the management. The coexistence of the m anifestations of portal hypertension as hypersplenism and esophageal v arices together with Protein C and S deficiencies during pregnancy pre sents a real dilemma for diagnosis and management. We report the clini cal follow-up of a 24-year-old woman in whom Protein C was detected in her two subsequent pregnancies besides portal vein thrombosis and dis cuss the changing levels of these proteins during pregnancy.