title: Budd-Chiari syndrome: diagnosis with ultrasound and nuclear medicine calcium colloid liver scan following non-diagnostic contrasted CT scan.
abstract: Budd-Chiari syndrome is a rare condition characterized by thrombosis within the hepatic veins and inferior vena cava. A case of Budd-Chiari syndrome is presented in a patient who presented acutely 3 days following laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acalculous cholecystitis. A discussion of pathology and findings on calcium colloid scintigram, CT scan and Doppler ultrasound is provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Brisbane Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Mulholland
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Kafaghi
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fong
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D002118:Calcium; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000601:surgery; D003102:Colloids; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000628:therapy; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D002118:Calcium