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.

Chronic hepatitis

Hepatitis that lasts for more than six months.


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PMID (PMCID)
20171589
 MALE Adult
Hepatocellular carcinoma with presentation of budd-Chiari syndrome.
Kao WY, Hung HH, Lu HC, Lin HC, Wu JC, Lee SD, Su CW.
J Chin Med Assoc. 2010;73(2):93-6.
Although it is relatively rare, clinicians should be aware of hepatocellular carcinoma with Budd-Chiari syndrome when leg edema occurs without hypoalbuminemia in patients with chronic hepatitis B, because these patients are in the high-risk group for developing hepatocellular carcinoma.
16902729
 MALE Middle Aged
A bolt out of the blue: a case of unexpected acute liver failure.
Wong RK, Wai CT.
Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2006;35(7):504-7.
Initial differential diagnoses were acute exacerbations of chronic hepatitis B, and viral hepatitis A or E. However, acute Budd- Chiari syndrome was diagnosed on computed tomography (CT) scan of the abdomen, which showed extensive thrombosis of the hepatic vein, all the intrahepatic branches, inferior vena cava, up to the right atrium.