title: Budd-Chiari syndrome secondary to hepatic vein thrombus from Wilm's tumor. Case report and literature review.
abstract: We describe a case of Budd-Chiari Syndrome in a 6-year-old boy secondary to Wilm's tumor. The patient had a right nephrectomy and mediastinotomy with removal of the tumor from the right atrium, inferior vena cava, and hepatic vein. Postoperatively, the patient had chemotherapy consisting of Actinomycin-D to be followed by radiation to the tumor bed to a total dose of 2000 rads in 10 fractions by using AP/PA field on 6 MeV Linear Accelerator. Currently, the child is receiving combination chemotherapy.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jose
authors.forename: P I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Narayan
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Pietsch
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Nagaraj
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Bertolone
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Spanos
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lindberg
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Paris
mesh_terms: D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D009396:Wilms Tumor / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging