Timsaal Y, Ali SH, Malik F, Chawla A, Ahmed J. Rare Case of Budd-Chiari Syndrome in a Young Child: A Diagnostic Conundrum.
Cureus 2021;
13:e16407. [PMID:
34414043 PMCID:
PMC8364781 DOI:
10.7759/cureus.16407]
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Abstract
Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is an uncommon vascular disorder in which venous thrombosis prevents the venous outflow of the liver. The obstruction is primarily at the level of hepatic veins and inferior vena cava. Here, we present a case of a two-and-a-half-year-old male child who presented with complaints of abdominal distension for two months and fever and watery diarrhea for one month. Physical examination showed the patient was anemic with palmar erythema. He was started on an empirical treatment of cefotaxime, metronidazole, and amikacin. Sensitivity and culture reports for blood and urine samples were negative, but abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan showed characteristic findings for BCS with caudate lobe hypertrophy. After the symptomatic treatment of the patient, a liver transplant was suggested as a last resort.
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