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MRI

• MRI may be helpful in the diagnosis of Budd Chiari.
• Findings on MRI suggestive of BCS include the following:
  • Hepatic vein thrombosis
  • Spontaneous intrahepatic anastomoses
  • Ascites
  • Thrombosis of the IVC by an enlarged caudate lobe or external compression of the IVC by an enlarged caudate lobe
  • Prominent azygos and hemiazygos veins
  • Hepatomegaly and enlarged caudate lobe
  • Inhomogeneous or Homogeneous signal intensity of hepatic parenchyma on T1- and T2-weighted MRI scans.