Splanchnic vein thrombosis in myeloproliferative neoplasms: facing the opposite risks of thrombosis recurrence and bleeding

The article “Splanchnic vein thrombosis in myeloproliferative neoplasms: risk factors for recurrences in a cohort of 181 patients”, recently published in the Blood Cancer Journal (1), retrospectively addresses the issue of thrombotic recurrence in patients with Philadelphia-negative myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN), after a first episode of splanchnic vein thrombosis (SVT).