title: Budd-Chiari syndrome: spectrum of imaging findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of our study was to illustrate the imaging findings of Budd-Chiari syndrome, including CT, MRI, sonographic, and angiographic findings.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The key imaging findings in Budd-Chiari syndrome are occlusion of the hepatic veins, inferior vena cava, or both; caudate lobe enlargement; inhomogeneous liver enhancement; and the presence of intrahepatic collateral vessels and hypervascular nodules. Awareness of these findings is important for early diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
authors.affiliation: Sezione di Radiologia, Ospedale Specializzato in Gastroenterologia, Saverio de Bellis, IRCCS, Castellana Grotte, Italy. gbranca@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brancatelli
authors.forename: Valérie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vilgrain
authors.forename: Michael P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Federle
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hakime
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lagalla
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Iannaccone
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Valla
mesh_terms: D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'