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American Journal of Roentgenology, Vol 159, 113-116, Copyright © 1992 by American Roentgen Ray Society

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Budd-Chiari syndrome: detection with color Doppler sonography

PW Ralls, MB Johnson, DR Radin, WD Boswell Jr, KP Lee and JM Halls
Department of Radiology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033.

The value of color Doppler sonography in evaluating newly diagnosed Budd-Chiari syndrome in five patients was studied. Hepatic venous findings included absence of vessels (one patient), flow reversal (two patients), narrowing (four patients), and tortuosity (three patients). Detected collaterals included hepatic venous to hepatic venous (four patients), hepatic venous to subcapsular systemic venous (two patients), and portosystemic (three patients). Hepatic venous spectral Doppler waveforms were flat and essentially aphasic in four patients, indicative of distal hepatic venous compression. The inferior vena cava was markedly compressed in two patients and slightly compressed in one. Color Doppler sonography allowed more reliable and confident identification of irregular, compressed, or otherwise abnormal hepatic veins than did conventional sonography. Color Doppler sonography also showed collateral vessels that were undetected with conventional sonography or other imaging techniques. Our results suggest that color Doppler sonography may be a valuable tool in the initial diagnosis and evaluation of suspected Budd-Chiari syndrome.
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