Budd-Chiari syndrome (hepatic vein obstruction)
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Etiology
- Caval webs
- Myeloproliferative disease, eg, polycythemia vera
- Right-sided congestive heart failure (CHF) or constrictive pericarditis
- Neoplasm compressing hepatic vein
- Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
- Behçet’s syndrome
- Oral contraceptives or pregnancy
- Hypercoagulable state
- Post bone-marrow transplant
- "Bush teas" (pyrrolizidine alkaloids)
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Etiology
- Caval webs
- Myeloproliferative disease, eg, polycythemia vera
- Right-sided congestive heart failure (CHF) or constrictive pericarditis
- Neoplasm compressing hepatic vein
- Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria
- Behçet’s syndrome
- Oral contraceptives or pregnancy
- Hypercoagulable state
- Post bone-marrow transplant
- "Bush teas" (pyrrolizidine alkaloids)
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