Bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism and Budd-Chiari syndrome in a patient with Crohn s disease on oral contraceptives
Rev Esp Enferm Dig. 2009 Sep;101(9):645-52.
doi: 10.4321/s1130-01082009000900009.
[Article in
English,
Spanish]
Affiliation
- 1 Service of Digestive Diseases, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain. marianovaldesmas@yahoo.es
Abstract
Budd-Chiari syndrome can be defined as an interruption or diminution of the normal blood flow out of the liver. Patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome present with varying degrees of symptomatology that can be divided into the following categories: fulminant, acute, subacute and chronic. The subacute form is the most common presentation. A majority of patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome have an underlying hypercoagulability state. We present the case of a young woman with Crohn s disease on oral contraceptives who developed bilateral pulmonary thromboembolism and Budd-Chiari syndrome.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Budd-Chiari Syndrome / complications*
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Budd-Chiari Syndrome / diagnostic imaging
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Colonoscopy
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Contraceptives, Oral / adverse effects*
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Crohn Disease / complications*
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Crohn Disease / diagnosis
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Crohn Disease / diagnostic imaging
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Ethinyl Estradiol / adverse effects*
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Female
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Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / therapeutic use
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Humans
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Pulmonary Embolism / chemically induced*
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Pulmonary Embolism / diagnostic imaging
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Pulmonary Embolism / drug therapy
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Radiography, Abdominal
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Radiography, Thoracic
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Treatment Outcome
Substances
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Contraceptives, Oral
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Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight
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Ethinyl Estradiol