Budd-Chiari syndrome is a condition that results from the narrowing or blockage of a vein that takes blood out of the liver. A clot is often the cause.

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Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a group of rare conditions in which veins in the liver become blocked. An ultrasound for BCS may show atypical, narrowed, or potentially blocked veins inside the liver.

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The Budd–Chiari syndrome (BCS) was first described by a British physician, William Budd in 1845 in his seminal work 'Diseases of the Liver'. He reported the case of a man who died in King's ...

Primary Budd–Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a spontaneously fatal disease characterized by an obstruction of the hepatic venous outflow tract due to thrombosis or a primary disease of the venous wall ...

Budd-Chiari syndrome affects one in 250,000 people and causes the veins that drain the liver to become blocked. This leads to a build-up of blood in the liver, which becomes swollen, tender to ...

Understanding Hepatic Vein Thrombosis (Budd-Chiari Syndrome) Medically reviewed by Alana Biggers, M.D., MPH — Written by April Kahn — Updated on July 9, 2017 Causes ...

Budd-Chiari syndrome can lead to enlargement of the liver (hepatomegaly), jaundice (yellowing of the skin), ascites (fluid build-up in the abdomen), and kidney failure. Treatment is of the ...

Aneet Ur Rehman, of Karachi, Pakistan, suffers from Budd-Chiari syndrome, which blocks the veins that drain the liver. He has been told he will die unless he has an urgent liver transplant.