The Budd-Chiari syndrome as the first manifestation of polycythemia vera
García Román, J.M.; Bañares Cañizares, R.; García Castaño, J.; Santos Castro, L.; Clemente Ricote, G.
Anales de Medicina Interna 8(1): 27-29
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0212-7199 PMID: 1912153 Document Number: 368415
The case of a 57-year-old male diagnosed as having Budd-Chiari syndrome secondary to a polycythemia vera, which produced a thrombosis of the suprahepatic veins as a first manifestation, is presented. The rarity of this clinical case and the rapidly lethal evolution of the patient, confirms the bad prognosis of this association.