title: Successful treatment of a patient with Budd-Chiari syndrome with main hepatic vein obstruction with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stent placement.
abstract: A woman in her 40s presented at our department with abdominal fullness. Abdominal computed tomography showed hepatomegaly and ascites, and gastrointestinal endoscopy showed esophageal varices. A diagnosis of Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) was confirmed by percutaneous hepatic venography, which detected obstruction of the main hepatic vein. It was treated using percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and metallic stent placement. Rupture of the esophageal varices occurred 5 months later because of the occlusion of the stent lumen; however, she was successfully retreated with further stent placement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kansai Medical University.
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Inokuchi
authors.forename: Toshihito
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: Rinako
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: Toshikazu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Kou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakamaru
authors.forename: Kazuichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okazaki