Budd-Chiari syndrome: diagnosis with duplex sonography.
Three patients with proven Budd-Chiari syndrome were examined with a duplex sonograph consisting of a real-time ultrasonograph and a pulsed Doppler flowmeter. In these cases, the pulsed Doppler analysis associated with the real-time imaging showed abnormalities in the direction of flow in the hepatic vein, communicating vessel between hepatic veins, and/or retrohepatic inferior vena cava, which were consistent with obstruction of hepatic venous outflow. With these findings, duplex sonography can be used to diagnose Budd-Chiari syndrome.
First Department of Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine, Japan.
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Ohnishi
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Terabayashi
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Tsunoda
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D000328:Adult; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology