Budd-Chiari syndrome secondary to polycythemia vera. A case report.
Budd-Chiari syndrome still represents a challenge for the hepatologist with regard to its causes and its most effective therapy. Polycythemia vera is considered to be the most frequent condition causing the Budd-Chiari syndrome (10-40% of cases). We present a 34-year-old patient in post-partum who was admitted for right upper abdominal quadrant pain and asthenia. Laboratory data, abdominal echography and angioMRI all raised the suspicion of BCS, but it was in the haematological department that polycytemia vera was diagnosed as the cause of the hepatic condition.
Buzas
Claudia
C
Third Medical Clinic, Radiology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Croitorilor Str., 19-21, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. claudia_buzas77@yahoo.com
Sparchez
Zeno
Z
Cucuianu
Andrei
A
Manole
Simona
S
Lupescu
Ioana
I
Acalovschi
Monica
M
D000328:Adult; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011087:Polycythemia Vera / Q000150:complications*