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.

Acute leukemia

A clonal (malignant) hematopoietic disorder with an acute onset, affecting the bone marrow and the peripheral blood. The malignant cells show minimal differentiation and are called blasts, either myeloid blasts (myeloblasts) or lymphoid blasts (lymphoblasts).


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PMID (PMCID)
16607082
 MALE Adult
Hepatic vein thrombosis leading to fulminant hepatic failure in a case of acute non-promyelocytic myelogenous leukemia.
Amitrano L, Guardascione MA, Schiavone EM, Brancaccio V, Antinolfi I, Iannaccone L, Ferrara F, Balzano A.
Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2006;17(1):59-61.
Common causes of Budd-Chiari syndrome are chronic myeloproliferative disorders, while acute leukemia has been associated with hepatic vein thrombosis in only two cases in the literature to date.
6947690
 FEMALE Adult
Case report: hepatic vein thrombosis (acute Budd-Chiari syndrome) in acute leukemia.
Chillar RK, Paladugu RR.
Am J Med Sci. 1981;282(3):153-6.
Case report: hepatic vein thrombosis (acute Budd-Chiari syndrome) in acute leukemia.