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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 outflow from the liver was established and the thrombi in the portal and mesenteric veins were lysed completely. This...
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