A Case of Acute Budd-Chiari Syndrome Complicating Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting as Acute Abdomen and Responding to Tight Anticoagulant Therapy

<div>Doppler ultrasonography of the portal and hepatic veins after 5 months from discharge. (a) The reflux flow at the left branch of the portal vein had disappeared (arrows = normal blood flow; dotted arrows = blood flow in this patient). (b) The increased blood flow in the region from the middle hepatic vein to the right hepatic vein remained (circle).</div>

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Figure 4: A Case of Acute Budd-Chiari Syndrome Complicating Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting as Acute Abdomen and Responding to Tight Anticoagulant Therapy 

Figure 4 | A Case of Acute Budd-Chiari Syndrome Complicating Primary Antiphospholipid Syndrome Presenting as Acute Abdomen and Responding to Tight Anticoagulant Therapy 