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.

Arterial thrombosis

The formation of a blood clot inside an artery.


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PMID (PMCID)
12111088
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Primary antiphospholipid syndrome presenting with abdominal angina and splenic infarction.
Choi BG, Jeon HS, Lee SO, Yoo WH, Lee ST, Ahn DS.
Rheumatol Int. 2002;22(3):119-21.
Gastrointestinal manifestations associated with vascular occlusion include Budd-Chiari syndrome, hepatic and splenic infarction, pancreatitis, omental and intestinal infarction, and esophageal variceal bleeding due to portal vein thrombosis, but chronic mesenteric ischemia associated with mesenteric arterial thrombosis is very rare in this syndrome.