Lois J F, Hartzman S, McGlade C T, Gomes A S, Grant E C, Berquist W, Perrella R R, Busuttil R W
Department of Radiological Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine 90024.
Radiology. 1989 Mar;170(3 Pt 1):791-3. doi: 10.1148/radiology.170.3.2521737.
The authors describe a child with Budd-Chiari syndrome secondary to membranous obstruction of the hepatic veins and a web in the inferior vena cava. Transhepatic catheter venography demonstrated the occlusion, which was recanalized and dilated percutaneously via a transhepatic approach. Hepatomegaly and ascites decreased promptly and the prothrombin time became normal.