Significant brain defects known as Chiari malformations could be down to the genes some of us have inherited from ...

Primary Budd-Chiari syndrome is related to thrombosis of hepatic veins or the terminal portion of the inferior vena cava. This rare disease is usually caused by multiple concurrent factors ...

This single-center study confirms the value of transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunts in patients with Budd-Chiari Syndrome.

The Budd–Chiari syndrome is rare in neonates 1; its association with hereditary thrombophilia has been reported previously. 2 In our patient, the prenatal onset of the disease indicated an ...

Budd-Chiari syndrome and myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs) are rare, which means available data are limited.

A woman's brain is slipping down her spine from a Chiari malformation aggravated by Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and a skating injury. She may be paralyzed.

Budd–Chiari syndrome is a rare disorder caused by hepatic venous outflow obstruction and resulting hepatic dysfunction. Despite a lack of prospective randomized trials, much progress has been ...

The apparent age of the macroscopic and microscopic damage to the veins or the liver may differ from the apparent duration of symptoms. [34, 39] Asymptomatic Budd-Chiari syndrome accounts for 15 ...

The interpretation of low protein C, protein S and antithrombin levels in the setting of Budd–Chiari is therefore difficult.

Figure 1. A strategy recommended for the management of Budd-Chiari syndrome patients, using a stepwise implementation of therapeutic options by order of increasing invasiveness.

[12] Budd–Chiari should be considered the result of multiple hits, where several prothrombotic factors combine to predispose to thrombosis in the liver.

Factor V Leiden (12%) Factor V Leiden mutation is more resistant to activated protein C and therefore takes longer to switch off clotting. Clotting is tested in the presence and absence of ...