title: [Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy mimicking clinical picture of Budd-Chiari syndrome].
abstract: A case of a patient with clinical picture of hepatosplenomegaly, portal hypertension, dilatation of hepatic veins and inferior vena cava, without venous thrombosis or other causes of obstruction of right-sided heart, is described. This picture is compatible with the Budd-Chiari syndrome. Echocardiography has shown a hypertrophic cardiomyopathy causing relevant dilatation of both atria and it has allowed us to exclude the presence of a constrictive pericarditis. The hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is first considered as a cardiac cause of cirrhosis mimicking the Budd-Chiari syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Ospedale Fatebenefratelli e Oftalmico, Milano, Divisione Medica III.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Foresti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Parisio
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Castini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010494:Pericarditis, Constrictive / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Cardiomiopatia ipertrofica condizionante quadro clinico tipo sindrome di Budd-Chiari.