Posttraumatic Budd-Chiari syndrome treated with thrombolytic therapy and angioplasty.
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.
Patel
N H
NH
Department of Radiology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98104, USA.
Bradshaw
B
B
Meissner
M H
MH
Townsend
M F
MF
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
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents