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Abstract
A condition in which the hepatic venous outflow is obstructed anywhere from the small HEPATIC VEINS to the junction of the INFERIOR VENA CAVA and the RIGHT ATRIUM. Usually the blockage is extrahepatic and caused by blood clots (THROMBUS) or fibrous webs. Parenchymal FIBROSIS is uncommon.
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- Chiari's Syndrome
- Hepatic Venous Outflow Obstruction
- Budd Chiari Syndrome
- Chiari Syndrome
- Chiaris Syndrome
- Hepatic Vein Thrombosis
- Hepatic Vein Thromboses
- Thromboses, Hepatic Vein
- Thrombosis, Hepatic Vein
- Vein Thromboses, Hepatic
- Vein Thrombosis, Hepatic
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
do not confuse with ARNOLD-CHIARI SYNDROME
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History Note
2008 (1966)
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WG 625.H3
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Budd-Chiari Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006502. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006502
- Budd-Chiari Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd%E2%80%93Chiari_syndrome
- Budd-Chiari Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q183098