title: Postpartum Budd-Chiari syndrome with prolonged hypercoagulability state.
abstract: Budd-Chiari syndrome after pregnancy is an extremely rare disease. Reported here is a case of postpartum Budd-Chiari syndrome with unusual features of prolonged hypercoagulability state. The disease occurred 2 weeks after delivery and despite massive anticoagulation treatment the patient developed severe hepatic vein occlusion, renal vein thrombosis, inferior vena cava thrombosis, and femoral artery thrombosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine A, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ilan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oren
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shouval
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001777:Blood Coagulation; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D012082:Renal Veins; D013300:Streptokinase / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior
chemical_list: D006493:Heparin; D013300:Streptokinase