title: Posttraumatic Budd-Chiari syndrome treated with thrombolytic therapy and angioplasty.
abstract: Injury of the hepatic veins or suprahepatic inferior vena cava is a rare cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome. Treatment of this syndrome has primarily involved hepatic venous decompression with a variety of portosystemic shunts. We report a case of thrombosis of the inferior vena cava after blunt injury managed with interventional radiologic techniques.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98104, USA.
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bradshaw
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Meissner
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Townsend
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents