Budd-Chiari syndrome

Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is caused by obstruction of hepatic venous outflow involving either the hepatic veins or the terminal segment of the inferior vena cava.

Vomiting

Forceful ejection of the contents of the stomach through the mouth by means of a series of involuntary spasmic contractions.


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PMID (PMCID)
26361700
 MALE Young Adult
Liver Transplantation for Budd-Chiari Syndrome With Large Solitary Focal Nodular Hyperplasia of the Liver in a Patient With Essential Thrombocythemia: Case Report. [Corrected].
Alnajjar A, Al-Hussaini H, Al Sebayel M, Al-Kattan W, Elsiesy H.
Transplant Proc. 2015;47(7):2282-6.
We report a case of Budd-Chiari syndrome in association with large solitary FNH in a 22-year-old man who was referred to our institution with sudden intermittent right upper quadrant abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea with pale stool, decreased appetite, dark urine, and abdominal distention for 15 days.
23971776
 FEMALE Adult
Bilateral lower limb edema caused by compression of the retrohepatic inferior vena cava by a giant hepatic hemangioma.
Akbulut S, Yilmaz M, Kahraman A, Yilmaz S.
Int Surg. 2013;98(3):229-33.
In a very small minority of patients, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, distension, palpable mass, obstructive jaundice, bleeding, and signs and symptoms of Budd-Chiari syndrome may develop due to compression of bile duct, hepatic vein, portal vein, and adjacent organs.