[The Budd-Chiari syndrome as the first manifestation of polycythemia vera].
The case of a 57-year-old male diagnosed as having Budd-Chiari syndrome secondary to a polycythemia vera, which produced a thrombosis of the suprahepatic veins as a first manifestation, is presented. The rarity of this clinical case and the rapidly lethal evolution of the patient, confirms the bad prognosis of this association.
García Román
J M
JM
Servicio de Medicina Interna I, Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Madrid.
Bañares Cañizares
R
R
García Castaño
J
J
Santos Castro
L
L
Clemente Ricote
G
G
D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011379:Prognosis
Síndrome de Budd-Chiari como primera manifestación de policitemia vera.