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Varun Bansal1, Pankaj Gupta2, Saroj Sinha2

  • 11 Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Postgraduate Institute ofMedical Imaging and Research (PGIMER) , Chandigarh , India.

The British Journal of Radiology
|July 14, 2018
PubMed

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Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) involves liver vein obstruction. This review emphasizes the crucial role of imaging in diagnosing BCS, addressing a gap in the literature.

Area of Science:

  • Radiology
  • Hepatology
  • Vascular Medicine

Background:

  • Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is hepatic venous outflow tract obstruction.
  • It results from hepatic vein (HV) or inferior vena cava (IVC) involvement.
  • Causes range from hypercoagulable states to malignancies, with 25% idiopathic.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the importance of imaging modalities in diagnosing BCS.
  • To address the lack of detailed imaging descriptions in existing BCS literature.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on Budd-Chiari syndrome.
  • Focus on diagnostic imaging features and modalities.

Main Results:

  • Diagnosis relies on combined clinical and imaging findings.
  • Various imaging modalities are essential for BCS diagnosis.

Conclusions:

  • Imaging plays a critical role in the diagnosis of BCS.
  • Further detailed descriptions of imaging manifestations are needed.

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