Fulminant acute Budd-Chiari syndrome stemming from an adrenal tumor

J Clin Gastroenterol. 1997 Mar;24(2):110-2. doi: 10.1097/00004836-199703000-00015.

Abstract

Adrenal neoplasm is a rare cause of Budd-Chiari syndrome. We report a case of fulminant acute Budd-Chiari syndrome due to inferior vena cava thrombosis stemming from invasion by a clinically nonfunctioning adrenal neoplasm. We also review briefly the clinical characteristics of the seven previously reported cases.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / complications*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / pathology
  • Adult
  • Budd-Chiari Syndrome / etiology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior*