Case Presentation: A 31 year-old woman with a history of portal vein thrombosis at age 8 with cavernous transformation resulting in non-cirrhotic portal hypertension presented with acute onset of upper abdominal pain. The patient was pale, tachycardic, with diffuse abdominal distention and tenderness. Laboratory data was significant for an acute drop in hemoglobin from 14 [...]

Case Presentation: 26-year-old woman presents with abdominal pain for one day. She developed sudden, sharp and constant abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant and epigastric area. The pain is associated with subjective fevers, nausea and non-bilious, non-bloody vomiting. Pain is worse with deep breathing and movement. She denies weight loss, no diarrhea or constipation, [...]