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OBJECTIVE: The purpose ofthis pictorial essay is to review the color Doppler sonographic features ofBudd-Chari syndrome. CONCLUSION: Combining color and spectral data, sonographyprovides hemodynamic and anatomic information about vessel patency and collateralvessel formation. The diagnosis of Budd-Chari syndrome is based on theinvolvement of hepatic veins although intrahepatic collateral circulation anddilated caudate veins are also important and frequent signs. Half of thepatients will develop regenerative nodules that can simulate hepatocellularcarcinoma.
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