Open AccessMesoatrial shunt in Budd-Chiari syndrome
Author(s) -
Darko Mirković,
Nebojša Stanković,
Miodrag Jevtić,
Miroslav Mitrović,
Milan B. Jovanović
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
vojnosanitetski pregled
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2406-0720
pISSN - 0042-8450
DOI - 10.2298/vsp0901069m
Subject(s) - medicine , budd–chiari syndrome , ascites , inferior vena cava , radiology , abdomen , pleural effusion , surgery , thrombosis
Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) represents partial or total occlusion of the hepatic veins with or without simultaneous obstruction of vena cava inferior (VCI). The symptoms of BCS are abdominal pain, hepatomegaly, ascites, varices of the abdominal wall, sometimes bleeding from the upper part of gastointestinal tract (GIT), lower limbs swelling and jaundice. Primary BSC is a relatively rare condition occuring in one per 100,000 of the population worldwide.