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What does BCS stand for?

Budd-Chiari Syndrome


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Samples in periodicals archive:
Lorna has Budd-Chiari Syndrome, a condition where blood clots block veins that carry blood from the liver to the heart.
There are many causes of liver disease including viral hepatitis, toxic ingestions, infections, cancer, Budd-Chiari Syndrome, hemochromatosis, and Wilson's disease.
A BUDD-CHIARI syndrome is a rare disorder that results from abnormal blood clots developing in the veins that take blood from the liver to the heart.
Superior vena cava syndrome, Budd-Chiari syndrome, retinal vein thrombosis, dural sinus thrombosis, and mural thrombosis in myocardial sarcoidosis are other examples of venous thrombosis associated with sarcoidosis.
Recent reports have described FNH and FNH-like lesions in a variety of different clinical and anatomic settings, including hypoplasia or agenesis of the portal vein,[2,3] Budd-Chiari syndrome,[4] cirrhosis of various etiologies,[5,6] hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia,[7] multiple FNH syndrome,[3] and adjacent to fibrolamellar carcinoma[8-13] and hydatid cyst.
The indications for TIPS were variceal bleeding in 10 patients, refractory ascites and a refractory large right hepatic hydrothorax in one, refractory ascites in one, and Budd-Chiari syndrome in one.
1) Because chronic constrictive pericarditis can present with signs and symptoms similar to other disease processes such as chronic pulmonary emboli, Budd-Chiari syndrome, cirrhosis of the liver, or restrictive cardiomyopathy, the identification of diagnostic radiographic signs has become increasingly valuable.

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