Budd-Chiari Syndrome: an unnoticed diagnosis

• Main Authors: Camila Kruschewsky Falcão (Author), Gustavo C. Freitas Fagundes (Author), Gustavo Checolli Lamos (Author), Aloísio Felipe-Silva (Author), Silvana Maria Lovisolo (Author), João Augusto Martines (Author), Fernando Peixoto Ferraz de Campos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) encompasses a group of disorders caused by the obstruction to the hepatic venous outflow at the level of the small or large hepatic veins, the inferior vena cava, or any combination thereof. Clinical manifestation of the subacute form is characterized by supramesocolic abd...