Bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism and Budd-Chiari syndrome in a patient with Crohn s disease on oral contraceptives.
Budd-Chiari syndrome can be defined as an interruption or diminution of the normal blood flow out of the liver. Patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome present with varying degrees of symptomatology that can be divided into the following categories: fulminant, acute, subacute and chronic. The subacute form is the most common presentation. A majority of patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome have an underlying hypercoagulability state. We present the case of a young woman with Crohn s disease on oral contraceptives who developed bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism and Budd-Chiari syndrome.
Service of Digestive Diseases, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain. marianovaldesmas@yahoo.es
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Valdés Mas
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Martínez Pascual
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Egea Valenzuela
M C
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Martínez Bonil
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Vargas Acosta
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Ortiz Sánchez
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Miras López
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Carballo Alvarez
D000328:Adult; D006502:Budd-Chiari Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight; D004997:Ethinyl Estradiol