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.

Carcinoid tumor

A tumor formed from the endocrine (argentaffin) cells of the mucosal lining of a variety of organs including the stomach and intestine. These cells are from neuroectodermal origin.


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PMID (PMCID)
2491049
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
[Serious vascular complications in malignant carcinoid tumor].
Estrada Saiz RV, Sanchez de las Matas Sanchez I, Garcia Paredes J.
An Med Interna. 1989;6(10):534-6.
We had the opportunity to study 2 patients whose deaths were related to these complications: invasion of the inferior caval vein in its thoracic portion with development of Budd-Chiari syndrome of mediastinal carcinoid tumor and tumoral thrombosis of the spleen portal venous trunk in a bronchial carcinoid.