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Budd-Chiari syndrome in a 25-year-old woman with Behçet's disease: a case report and review of the literature

Authors: Daniela T Carvalho, Fernando T Oikawa, Nilce M Matsuda, Paulo RB Évora, Alice T Yamada

Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports | Issue 1/2011

Abstract

Introduction

The risk that patients with Behçet's disease will develop thrombotic complications has been previously described. Although it is distributed worldwide, Behçet's disease is rare in the Americas and Europe. Even though the pathogenic mechanisms of vascular complications of Budd-Chiari syndrome in patients with Behçet's disease are unknown, severe vascular complications of Budd-Chiari syndrome associated with Behçet's disease seem to affect mainly young men.

Case presentation

We report a case of Budd-Chiari syndrome, a severe vascular complication that developed in a 25-year-old Afro-Brazilian woman with Behçet's disease.

Conclusion

Severe vascular complications of Budd-Chiari syndrome in patients with Behçet's disease are much more common in young adult male patients; we present a rare case of Budd-Chiari syndrome in a young Afro-Brazilian woman with Behçet's disease.

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Title: Budd-Chiari syndrome in a 25-year-old woman with Behçet's disease: a case report and review of the literature
Authors: Daniela T Carvalho
Fernando T Oikawa
Nilce M Matsuda
Paulo RB Évora
Alice T Yamada
Publication date: 01-12-2011
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports / Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-5-52

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Budd-Chiari syndrome in a 25-year-old woman with Behçet's disease: a case report and review of the literature

Abstract

Introduction

Case presentation

Conclusion

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Abstract

Introduction

Case presentation

Conclusion

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