title: Chronic Budd-Chiari syndrome due to congenital membranous obstruction of the inferior vena cava: clinical experience.
abstract: Budd-Chiari syndrome due to congenital membranous obstruction of inferior vena cava can be cured by appropriate surgical correction. A high index of suspicion is required to identify this condition and investigate it properly. Experience of three such cases is presented; two had a successful surgical correction and one refused any surgical intervention. Both patients who underwent operation are doing well and are symptom-free after 4 and 6 years, respectively. The diagnosis and the presentation of inferior vena caval obstruction and the various surgical procedures that are available for relieving the congenital obstruction of inferior vena cava are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry, India.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*