title: Laparoscopic features of the Budd-Chiari syndrome.
abstract: Twenty-three patients with Budd-Chiari Syndrome were examined by laparoscopy. The characteristic findings were a purple to dusky-blue lobulated surface of the liver, which was covered with whitish bead-like cysts and newly formed tortuous dilated veins. The rich network of blood vessels was also visible over the falciform ligament and peritoneal surface in the majority of patients. Ascites and splenomegaly were an added although non-specific diagnostic feature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Bhargava
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dasarathy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male