[Budd-Chiari syndrome caused by obstruction of the hepatic veins]

A Budd-Chiari syndrome was observed in a 11 year-old girl who was admitted to hospital for abdominal pain and distension, soon followed by severe shock. X-ray investigations, surgery and autopsy showed partial stenosis of the common portion of the left hepatic veins associated with a complete obstruction of other hepatic veins but without alteration of the inferior vena cava.