Posttraumatic Budd-Chiari syndrome treated with thrombolytic therapy and angioplasty
Patel, N.H.; Bradshaw, B.; Meissner, M.H.; Townsend, M.F.
Journal of Trauma 40(2): 294-298
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-5282 PMID: 8637083 Document Number: 462165
Injury of the hepatic veins or suprahepatic inferior vena cava is a rare cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome. Treatment of this syndrome has primarily involved hepatic venous decompression with a variety of portosystemic shunts. We report a case of thrombosis of the inferior vena cava after blunt injury managed with interventional radiologic techniques.