Budd-Chiari syndrome
medical dictionary
Liver dysfunction due to occlusion of the hepatic veins. May be congenital.
Alternate Names : Budd-Chiari syndrome, Hepatic veno-occlusive disease
Definition
Hepatic vein obstruction is a blockage of the hepatic vein, which carries blood away from the liver.
Budd-Chiari Syndrome
Definition Budd-Chiari syndrome is a rare problem that results from blood clotting in the veins flowing out of the liver (hepatic veins).
Budd-Chiari syndrome is caused by blood clots that block veins in the liver.
Budd-Chiari syndrome - rare liver disease in which the veins that drain blood from the liver are blocked or narrowed.
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Budd-Chiari syndrome; Hepatic veno-occlusive disease
Causes
Hepatic vein obstruction prevents blood from flowing out of the liver and back to the heart. This blockage can cause liver damage.
Budd-Chiari syndrome; Hepatic veno-occlusive disease
Definition of Hepatic vein obstruction (Budd-Chiari):
Hepatic vein obstruction is a blockage of the hepatic vein, which carries blood away from the liver.
Budd-Chiari Syndrome
A condition producing symptomatic obstruction or occlusion of the hepatic veins causing abdominal pain and tenderness hepatomegaly (liver enlargement) ascites, jaundice and eventually portal hypertension and liver failure
Bulbar ...
Abscess
Budd-Chiari syndrome
High pressure in the liver blood vessels (portal hypertension)
Infection
Injury
Liver disease (such as cirrhosis or hepatitis)
Superior vena cava obstruction
Splenic infarction (tissue death)
Tumors ...
These latter conditions and the symptoms they produce are termed Budd-Chiari syndrome.
PV is often first suspected because of an abnormal CBC (eg, Hb > 18.5 g/dL in men or > 16.5 g/dL in women), but it must be considered in patients with suggestive symptoms, particularly Budd-Chiari syndrome (however, ...
Budd-Chiari syndrome
Cervical erosion and secretion, change in
Cholestatic jaundice
Chorea, exacerbation of
Colitis
Contact lenses, intolerance to
Corneal curvature (steepening), change in
Dizziness
Edema/fluid retention
Erythema multiforme ...
abdomen (Hepatic veno-occlusive disease, Budd-Chiari syndrome, May-Thurner syndrome, Portal vein thrombosis, Renal vein thrombosis)
upper limb/torso (Paget-Schroetter disease, Mondor's disease)
head (Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis) ...
obstruction of outflow of blood from the liver (i.e., Budd-Chiari syndrome)
heart and blood vessel disturbances
alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency ...
may develop Budd-Chiari syndrome (obstruction of the main vein of the liver)
itching (pruritis), especially after a hot bath ...
Liver diseases -- cirrhosis, Alcoholic Hepatitis, massive hepatic metastases, fulminant hepatic (liver) failure, fatty liver of pregnancy, hepatic fibrosis
Hepatic (liver) congestion -- congestive Heart Failure, Budd-Chiari syndrome, ...
These include portal vein thrombosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome and veno-occlusive disease.
Metabolic disease.
this can be a mass (or tumor) pressing on the portal vessels from inside the abdominal cavity or blood clot formation in the portal vessel obstructing the normal flow and increasing the pressure in the vessel (for example, the Budd-Chiari syndrome).
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Some types of thrombophilia can cause a blood clot in an unusual site such as the brain, gut or liver. This can cause symptoms in the head or the abdomen (tummy). A blood clot in the liver veins is called Budd-Chiari syndrome.
Brugada syndrome 2 ... cardiac arrest
Brugada syndrome 3 ... cardiac arrest
Brugada syndrome 4 ... cardiac arrest
Budd-Chiari syndrome ... congestive heart failure
Bulimia nervosa ... irregular heartbeats, heart failure ...
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