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.

Skin ulcer

A discontinuity of the skin exhibiting complete loss of the epidermis and often portions of the dermis and even subcutaneous fat.


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PMID (PMCID)
16218798
 MIXED_SAMPLE Adult
Unusual thromboses associated with protein S deficiency in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome: case reports and review of the literature.
Dillmon MS, Saag MS, Hamza SH, Adler BK, Marques MB.
AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2005;21(9):753-6.
The literature contains a few reports of skin ulcers and Budd-Chiari syndrome associated with PS deficiency, although none in AIDS patients.
14995008
 MALE Adult
Long-term efficacy of immunoadsorbent plasmapheresis in a patient with Budd-Chiari syndrome due to antiphospholipid syndrome: case report with nine-year follow-up.
Yagi K, Kawano M, Haraki T, Higashikata T, Ueda K, Okada T, Koni I, Mabuchi H.
Lupus. 2004;13(2):135-8.
IAPP was administered to a 38-year old male Japanese patient with APS with Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS), who had presented with refractory lower leg skin ulcers and arterial and venous thromboses including BCS.