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.

Gastric varix

Extreme dilation of the submucusoal veins in the stomach.


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PMID (PMCID)
21206147
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Huge caudate lobe of the liver due to Budd-Chiari syndrome.
Kikuchi Y, Yoshida H, Mamada Y, Taniai N, Mineta S, Yoshioka M, Hirakata A, Kawano Y, Ueda J, Uchida E.
J Nippon Med Sch. 2010;77(6):328-32.
Budd-Chiari syndrome with solitary gastric varices was diagnosed on the basis of these findings.
17633867
 OTHER
[Myeloproliferative diseases as causative agents of portal and hepatic veins thrombosis].
Culafic Dj, Miljic P, Perisic M, Djuranovic S, Popovic D, Krstic M, Jovanovic I, Pavlovic A, Mijalkovic N, Sokic-Milutinovic A, Pesko P.
Acta Chir Iugosl. 2007;54(1):83-9.
Due to frequent, life-threatening bleeding from the esophageal and gastric varices, a patient with chronic Budd-Chiari syndrome and lineal vein thrombosis underwent mesocaval shunting.