Acute Budd-Chiari Syndrome with portal vein thrombosis in a 7-year old boy with previously asymptomatic Hepatitis-B Virus related hepatocelluler carcinoma: A case report

Authors

  • SM Rokonuzzaman Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Uttara Adhunik Medical College and Hospital, Uttara, Dhaka
  • Moinul Hassan Indoor Medical Officer, Department of Medicine, Uttara Adhunik Medical College and Hospital, Uttara, Dhaka
  • Mohammad Hyder Ali Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, Uttara Adhunik Medical College and Hospital, Uttara, Dhaka
  • SM Moslehuddin Ahmed Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine; Uttara Adhunik Medical College and Hospital, Uttara, Dhaka
  • Soheli Parvin OSD, DGHS, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Attached to Department of Radiology and Imaging, Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/seajph.v3i2.20043

Keywords:

Budd-Chiari Syndrome (BCS), Portal vein thrombosis, Cirrhosis, Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)

Abstract

Budd-Chiari Syndrome is characterized by obstruction to the outflow of the liver due to the occlusion of the hepatic vein and sometimes the inferior vena cava. This syndrome comprises hepatomegaly, abdominal pain, ascites and hepatic histology showing zone 3 sinusoidal distention and pilling. It may, in the long run, progress to cirrhosis while, on the other hand, cirrhosis due to other causes, especially viral causes may progress to carcinoma and lead to Budd-Chiari Syndrome by compressing the hepatic vein. Here we present a 7-year old boy with a previously asymptomatic hepatitis B virus related hepatocellular carcinoma developing acute Budd-Chiari syndrome. He also had portal vein thrombosis along with acute hepatic decompensation which is uncommon worldwide.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/seajph.v3i2.20043

South East Asian Journal of Public Health Vol.3(2) 2013: 66-69

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2014-08-17

How to Cite

Rokonuzzaman, S., Hassan, M., Ali, M. H., Ahmed, S. M., & Parvin, S. (2014). Acute Budd-Chiari Syndrome with portal vein thrombosis in a 7-year old boy with previously asymptomatic Hepatitis-B Virus related hepatocelluler carcinoma: A case report. South East Asia Journal of Public Health, 3(2), 66–69. https://doi.org/10.3329/seajph.v3i2.20043

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 2 (2013)

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Clinical Sections

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