Korean J Hematol.  1999 Nov;34(4):636-640.

A Case of a Budd-Chiari Syndrome Associated with a Large Atrial Thrombus in Antithrombin Deficiency and Antiphospholipid Syndrome

• Park H
• Kang DG
• Kim YA
• Kim DH
• Lee EW
• Kang MW
• Lim YK
• Cho SK
• Yeo HS

Abstract

Antiphospholipid antibody is associated with a clinical syndrome of vascular thrombosis, thrombocytopenia, recurrent fetal loss and cerebrovascular accident whether or not the clinical diagnosis of SLE coexists. Antithrombin deficiency leads to thromboembolism in the venous system. It develops an asymptomatic venous occlusion in many cases, but when it develops cerebral venous thrombosis, mesenteric venous thrombosis or Budd-Chiari syndrome, it leads to special clinical problems. We report the finding of a low anti-thrombin level and IgM anticardiolipin antibody in a patient who has had episodes of a large thrombus in the right atrium and Budd-Chiari syndrome due to the thrombus.

Keyword

Budd-Chiari syndrome; Antithrombin; Anticardiolipin antibody

MeSH Terms

Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
Antibodies, Antiphospholipid
Antiphospholipid Syndrome*
Budd-Chiari Syndrome*
Diagnosis
Heart Atria
Humans
Immunoglobulin M
Stroke
Thrombocytopenia
Thromboembolism
Thrombosis*
Venous Thrombosis
Antibodies, Anticardiolipin
Antibodies, Antiphospholipid
Immunoglobulin M