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Postpartum Budd-Chiari syndrome with prolonged hypercoagulability state
1Department of Medicine A, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.
Budd-Chiari syndrome after pregnancy is an extremely rare disease. Reported here is a case of postpartum Budd-Chiari syndrome with unusual features of prolonged hypercoagulability state. The disease occurred 2 weeks after delivery and despite massive anticoagulation treatment the patient developed severe hepatic vein occlusion, renal vein thrombosis, inferior vena cava thrombosis, and femoral artery thrombosis.
Budd-Chiari syndrome after pregnancy is an extremely rare disease. Reported here is a case of postpartum Budd-Chiari syndrome with unusual features of prolonged hypercoagulability state. The disease occurred 2 weeks after delivery and despite massive anticoagulation treatment the patient developed severe hepatic vein occlusion, renal vein thrombosis, inferior vena cava thrombosis, and femoral artery thrombosis.