Obliterative hepatocavopathy-inferior vena cava thrombosis at its hepatic portion

Abstract

Budd-Chiari syndrome was formerly described as hepatic vein thrombosis within the liver, but it now includes inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis and other conditions that cause hepatic vein outflow obstruction. The author consider that primary hepatic vein thrombosis and primary IVC thrombosis represent two different clinical disorders.