Obliterative hepatocavopathy-inferior vena cava thrombosis at its hepatic portion.
Budd-Chiari syndrome was formerly described as hepatic vein thrombosis within the liver, but it now includes inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis and other conditions that cause hepatic vein outflow obstruction. The author consider that primary hepatic vein thrombosis and primary IVC thrombosis represent two different clinical disorders.
Okuda
Kunio
K
First Department of Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan 260-8677. okuda@med.m.chiba-u.ac.jp
D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011379:Prognosis; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy