Budd-Chiari syndrome secondary to retro-hepatic vena cava web: An unusual cause of epigastric pain

Autor: Manar Ezzahi, MD, Ennasery Zaid, MD, Aassouani Farid, MD, Soukayna Allali, MD, Nizar El Bouardi, PhD, Meriem Haloua, PhD, Abid Hakima, PhD, Badreeddine Alami, PhD, Meriem Boubbou, PhD, Mustapha Maaroufi, PhD, Moulay Youssef Alaoui Lamrani, PhD
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Radiology Case Reports, Vol 18, Iss 3, Pp 1088-1092 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1930-0433
DOI: 10.1016/j.radcr.2022.12.044
Popis: Epigastric abdominal pain is a common indication for consultation. In the majority of cases, medical history, clinical examination and routine biological exams allow for an easy diagnosis. Sometimes the symptomatology is unusual, in which case it is essential to perform a complete clinical examination and to use various imaging techniques to search for eventual atypical causes. Membranous obstruction of inferior vena cava is a rare cause of such a phenomenon. We describe a Budd-Chiari syndrome caused by membranous obstruction of inferior vena cava in a 66-year-old woman with no medical history as a rare cause of epigastric abdominal pain. We will describe this clinical experience in the light of the literature and point out the contribution of radiological imaging in the diagnosis of this rare pathology.
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