Abstract
IntroductionThe risk that patients with Behçet's disease will develop thrombotic complications has been previously described. Although it is distributed worldwide, Behçet's disease is rare in the Americas and Europe. Even though the pathogenic mechanisms of vascular complications of Budd-Chiari syndrome in patients with Behçet's disease are unknown, severe vascular complications of Budd-Chiari syndrome associated with Behçet's disease seem to affect mainly young men.Case presentationWe report a case of Budd-Chiari syndrome, a severe vascular complication that developed in a 25-year-old Afro-Brazilian woman with Behçet's disease.ConclusionSevere vascular complications of Budd-Chiari syndrome in patients with Behçet's disease are much more common in young adult male patients; we present a rare case of Budd-Chiari syndrome in a young Afro-Brazilian woman with Behçet's disease.
Highlights
The risk that patients with Behçet’s disease will develop thrombotic complications has been previously described
Severe vascular complications of Budd-Chiari syndrome in patients with Behçet’s disease are much more common in young adult male patients; we present a rare case of Budd-Chiari syndrome in a young AfroBrazilian woman with Behçet’s disease
Budd-Chiari syndrome is caused by blood clots that completely or partially block the large veins that carry blood from the liver into the inferior vena cava [4,5]
Summary
The risk that patients with Behçet’s disease will develop thrombotic complications has been previously described. It is distributed worldwide, Behçet’s disease is rare in the Americas and Europe. Case presentation: We report a case of Budd-Chiari syndrome, a severe vascular complication that developed in a 25-year-old Afro-Brazilian woman with Behçet’s disease. The risk that young male patients with Behçet’s disease will develop thrombotic complications has been previously described [1,2,3]. It has a worldwide distribution, Behçet’s disease is rare in the Americas and Europe. Budd-Chiari syndrome is suspected when the patient has an enlarged liver, ascites, liver failure or cirrhosis when there is no obvious cause, even after testing [4,5]
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