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The Budd-Chiari syndrome is the clinical picture caused by [[occlusion]] of the [[hepatic vein]] or [[inferior vena cava]]. Its presents with the classical triad of [[abdominal pain]], [[ascites]] and [[hepatomegaly]]. Examples of occlusion include thrombosis of [[hepatic veins]] and membranous webs in the [[inferior vena cava]]. The syndrome can be [[fulminant]], acute, chronic, or asymptomatic. | The Budd-Chiari syndrome is the clinical picture caused by [[occlusion]] of the [[hepatic vein]] or [[inferior vena cava]]. Its presents with the classical triad of [[abdominal pain]], [[ascites]] and [[hepatomegaly]]. Examples of occlusion include thrombosis of [[hepatic veins]] and membranous webs in the [[inferior vena cava]]. The syndrome can be [[fulminant]], acute, chronic, or asymptomatic. | ||
==Historical Perspective== | |||
It is named for George Budd<ref>{{WhoNamedIt|synd|1335}}</ref><ref>G. Budd. On diseases of the liver. London, J. Churchill, 1845. Page 135.</ref> and Hans Chiari.<ref>H. Chiari. Erfahrungen über Infarktbildungen in der Leber des Menschen. Zeitschrift für Heilkunde, Prague, 1898, 19: 475-512.</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
The Budd-Chiari syndrome is the clinical picture caused by occlusion of the hepatic vein or inferior vena cava. Its presents with the classical triad of abdominal pain, ascites and hepatomegaly. Examples of occlusion include thrombosis of hepatic veins and membranous webs in the inferior vena cava. The syndrome can be fulminant, acute, chronic, or asymptomatic.
Historical Perspective
It is named for George Budd[1][2] and Hans Chiari.[3]
References
- ↑ Template:WhoNamedIt
- ↑ G. Budd. On diseases of the liver. London, J. Churchill, 1845. Page 135.
- ↑ H. Chiari. Erfahrungen über Infarktbildungen in der Leber des Menschen. Zeitschrift für Heilkunde, Prague, 1898, 19: 475-512.