Hepatic vein thrombosis leading to fulminant hepatic failure in a case of acute non-promyelocytic myelogenous leukemia.
Budd-Chiari syndrome is a rare disease due to occlusion of the hepatic veins often presenting with acute liver failure. Common causes of Budd-Chiari syndrome are chronic myeloproliferative disorders, while acute leukemia has been associated with hepatic vein thrombosis in only two cases in the literature to date. We report a case of Budd-Chiari syndrome complicating a non-promyelocytic acute myelogenous leukemia leading to fulminant hepatic failure.
Amitrano
Lucio
L
Gastroenterology Unit, AORN Cardarelli, Naples, Italy. luamitra@tin.it
Guardascione
Maria Anna
MA
Schiavone
Ettore M
EM
Brancaccio
Vincenzo
V
Antinolfi
Iole
I
Iannaccone
Luigi
L
Ferrara
Felice
F
Balzano
Antonio
A
D000328:Adult; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000150:complications*; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed