Nawel Afredj, Nawal Guessab, Abdelbasset Nani, Sid Ahmed Faraoun, Ibtissem Ouled Cheikh, Rafik Kerbouche, Djouhar Hannoun, Zine Charef Amir, Hayet Ait Kaci, Kamel Bentabak, Aurélie Plessier, Dominique-Charles Valla, Valerie Cazals-Hatem, Marie-Hélène Denninger, Tadjeddine Boucekkine, Nabil Debzi
AIM: To study the clinical presentation of Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) and identify the aetiologies of this disease in Algeria. METHODS: Patients with BCS, hospitalised in our unit from January 2004 until June 2010 were included and the aetiological factors were assessed. Patients presenting a BCS in the setting of advanced-stage cirrhosis or a liver transplantation were excluded from the study. The diagnosis was established when an obstruction of hepatic venous outflow (thrombosis, stenosis or compression) was demonstrated...
April 28, 2015: World Journal of Hepatology