Abstract

Venous leg ulcers are a manifestation of lower extremity chronic venous disorder. Venous hypertension caused by abnormal venous blood flow is considered to be the primary mechanism of venous ulcers. The etiology of lower extremity venous ulcer is complicated, and it is difficult to be treated. At present, it has achieved a certain effect for venous leg ulcers through the combination of drugs, pressure therapy, and surgical treatment. Budd-Chiari syndrome is a rare syndrome characterized by portal hypertension and/or inferior vena cava syndrome. Treatment of Budd-Chiari syndrome includes anticoagulation, thrombolysis, angioplasty, stenting, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, and liver transplantation. This article reports an elderly female patient with recurrent ulceration of both lower extremities that healed poorly after long-term dressing and skin grafting. During further examination, she was found to have Budd-Chiari syndrome. Through multidisciplinary treatment, which includes removing the inferior vena cava stenosis and implanting the ulcer wound, the ulcer wounds then healed.

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