Budd Chiari syndrome from myosarcoma of right atrium | Zendy

Theodossi A. | Zendy; AlAshbal A. A. | Zendy; Dische F. E. | Zendy; Pryor J. S. | Zendy; Williams Roger | Zendy

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Budd Chiari syndrome from myosarcoma of right atrium

Author(s) -

Theodossi A.,

AlAshbal A. A.,

Dische F. E.,

Pryor J. S.,

Williams Roger

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

the journal of pathology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.964

H-Index - 184

eISSN - 1096-9896

pISSN - 0022-3417

DOI - 10.1002/path.1711280307

Subject(s) - medicine , university hospital , general hospital , unit (ring theory) , general surgery , surgery , psychology , mathematics education

A 50-year-old man presented with abdominal pain followed by marked liver and renal dysfunction. Although liver scan appearances were not diagnostic, at laparotomy a tense, enlarged liver was found with thrombosis of the inferior vena cava. Despite full supportive measures the patient died within a month of laparotomy. Subsequent necropsy confirmed the diagnosis of Budd Chiari syndrome and revealed the primary cause to be a myosarcoma of the right atrium, an occurrence hitherto unreported.

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