Inferior mesentericocaval shunt--an efficient therapeutical alternative in Budd Chiari syndrome associated with portal and splenic vein thrombosis in a teenager.

Budd-Chiari syndrome with portal, splenic, and superior mesenteric vein thrombosis treated with TIPS: who dares wins.

Acute partial Budd-Chiari syndrome and portal vein thrombosis in cytomegalovirus primary infection: a case report

BACKGROUND Splanchnic vein thrombosis may complicate inherited thrombotic disorders. Acute cytomegalovirus infection is a rare cause of acquired venous thrombosis in the portal or mesenteric territory, but has never been described extending into a main hepatic vein. CASE PRESENTATION A 36-year-old immunocompetent woman presented with acute primary cytomegalovirus infection in association with...

Direct intrahepatic portocaval shunt for treatment of portal thrombosis and Budd-Chiari syndrome.

Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) refers to hepatic venous outflow obstruction that in severe cases can lead to acute liver failure prompting consideration of revascularization or transplantation. Here, a 22 year old female with angiographically proven BCS secondary to JAK2/V617F positive Polycythemia vera on therapeutic warfarin presented with acute liver failure (ALF). Imaging revealed a new, near c...

Mesoatrial shunt in Budd-Chiari syndrome.

BACKGROUND The operations with proven effects on survival in Budd-Chiari syndrome are shunt operations and liver transplantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between 1993 and 1999 (June), 13 cases of Budd-Chiari syndrome have been treated surgically. Four cases had concomitant thrombosis of the inferior vena cava; the others had marked narrowing of the lumen due to the enlarged caudate lobe. Mesoatr...

Budd-Chiari Syndrome Transplant, Meso-Atrial Shunt or Combined Portocaval Shunt With Cavo-Atrial Shunt

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