title: Hepatic vein thrombosis leading to fulminant hepatic failure in a case of acute non-promyelocytic myelogenous leukemia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Gastroenterology Unit, AORN Cardarelli, Naples, Italy. luamitra@tin.it
authors.forename: Lucio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Amitrano
authors.forename: Maria Anna
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Guardascione
authors.forename: Ettore M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Schiavone
authors.forename: Vincenzo
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brancaccio
authors.forename: Iole
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Antinolfi
authors.forename: Luigi
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Iannaccone
authors.forename: Felice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balzano
mesh_terms: 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