Case report: unusual CT appearances in a case of Budd-Chiari syndrome.
We describe a case of Budd-Chiari Syndrome due to hepatic venous blockage in which there were multiple space-occupying lesions on CT simulating tumour deposits. Ultrasound directed liver biopsy and laparoscopy proved these to be areas of haemorrhagic necrosis consistent with Budd-Chiari Syndrome without any evidence of malignancy. The CT finding of multiple large focal non-enhancing areas in liver does not always indicate tumour deposits in a patient suspected to have Budd-Chiari Syndrome.
Arora
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Department of Gastroenterology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Seth
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Sharma
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Acharya
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Mukhopadhayaya
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D000328:Adult; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed