title: [Veno-occlusive disease of the liver: report of 2 cases in the northeast of Brazil].
abstract: Two cases of veno-occlusive disease of the liver (VOD) are reported in eleven and twelve-year-old children. The number of Brazilian cases of this entity amounts to five, with the addition of the present cases. One patient was in a subacute stage (central hepatic fibrosis) and had her diagnosis based on hepatic biopsy and venography; the other one was necropsied in a cirrhotic stage. Aspects concerning differential diagnosis with other regional hepatic disease, as well as the currently known geographic distribution and etiologic possibilities of VOD were reviewed.
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005098:Exotoxins / Q000506:poisoning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D005098:Exotoxins
vernacular_title: Doenca veno-oclusiva do fígado: registro de dois casos no nordeste do Brasil.