Diagnosaurus
Budd-Chiari syndrome (hepatic vein obstruction)
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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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Budd-Chiari Syndrome (hepatic Vein Obstruction)." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114708/all/Budd_Chiari_syndrome__hepatic_vein_obstruction_.
Zeiger RFR. Budd-Chiari syndrome (hepatic vein obstruction). Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114708/all/Budd_Chiari_syndrome__hepatic_vein_obstruction_. Accessed November 21, 2024.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Budd-Chiari syndrome (hepatic vein obstruction). In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114708/all/Budd_Chiari_syndrome__hepatic_vein_obstruction_
Zeiger RFR. Budd-Chiari Syndrome (hepatic Vein Obstruction) [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2024 November 21]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114708/all/Budd_Chiari_syndrome__hepatic_vein_obstruction_.
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