Article
Budd-Chiari syndrome, portal vein and mesenteric vein thrombosis in a patient homozygous for factor V Leiden mutation treated by TIPS and thrombolysis.
British journal of haematology - 1 Sept 1998
Leebeek F W, Lameris J S, van Buuren H R, Gomez E, Madretsma S, Sonneveld P
Abstract excerpt
We present the first case of Budd-Chiari syndrome in association with portal and mesenteric vein thrombosis in a patient homozygous for the factor V Leiden mutation. She was treated by transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic stent (TIPS) placement followed by local thrombolytic therapy. Venous ou...
Topics
- Adult
- Budd-Chiari Syndrome
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Factor V
- Female
- Humans
- Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion
- Mesenteric Veins
- Mutation
- Portal Vein
- Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic
- Thrombolytic Therapy
- Thrombosis