Doppler waveform pattern changes in a patient with primary Budd-Chiari syndrome before and after angioplasty

Intern Med. 2008;47(2):91-5. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.0501. Epub 2008 Jan 15.

Abstract

A 34-year-old woman was admitted for treatment of esophageal varices. Seven years earlier, she had been diagnosed with Budd-Chiari syndrome, and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for right hepatic vein (RHV) stenosis was done. On admission, Doppler sonography showed a flat waveform in the RHV. RHV re-stenosis was confirmed on X-ray sonography. After PTA, the stenosis improved. Heterogeneous liver enhancement on enhanced computed tomography became homogeneous, her esophageal varices became inconspicuous, and the flat Doppler waveform pattern changed to a triphasic pattern. Doppler sonography was very useful for evaluating the effect of angioplasty and to diagnose re-stenosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Angioplasty*
  • Budd-Chiari Syndrome / complications
  • Budd-Chiari Syndrome / physiopathology*
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / etiology
  • Esophageal and Gastric Varices / therapy
  • Female
  • Hemorheology
  • Hepatic Veins / diagnostic imaging*
  • Hepatic Veins / pathology
  • Hepatic Veins / surgery
  • Humans
  • Portal Vein / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color*