Coexistance of Seminoma and Budd-Chiary Syndrome: Case Report

Year 2009, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 53 - 56, 01.08.2009

Selahattin Şeker Orhan Türken Gülçin Kıyan Mücahit Görük Özgün İyigün Rahmi Çubuk Bülent Karagöz Oya U. Bayramiçli M.yaşar Tülbek

Abstract

Thrombosisisacommon complication andoneof theleadingcauses of death related to cancer. Thrombosis and Budd-Chiary syndrome occur rarely in patients with testicular tumors. In a patient who was operated related to seminoma, abdominal metastatic masses andthrombsisin hepaticvein and vena cava inferior were detected on both abdominal doppler ultrasonograhy andcomputerizedtomography. When liverfunction abnormalitieswere also seen, the patientwasdiagnosedasBudd- Chiary syndrome and startedwith heparin therapy after exclusion of other causes of thrombosis.

Keywords

Budd- Chiary syndrome

Seminom ve Budd-Chiary Sendromu Birlikteliği: Olgu Sunumu

Abstract

Kanserli hastalarda tromboz sık rastlanan bir komplikasyon olup kansere bağlıölümlerinbaştagelennedenleriarasında yeralmaktadır. Testistümörlü hastalarda seyrek de olsa tromboz ve buna bağlı Budd-Chiary sendromu gelişebilmektedir. Seminomnedeniiledaha önceopereedilmişolan bir hastada abdominal metastatik kitleler ilebirlikteabdominal dopplerUSGve Bilgisayarlıtomografidehepatikvenvevena kava inferiorda yaygıntrombüslersaptandı. Karaciğerfonksiyonbozukluğunun tespit edilmesiüzerinediğer tromboz nedenleridışlandıktan sonraBudd-Chiarysendromu tanısıileheparin tedavisi başlandı.

Keywords

Budd-Chiary sendromu

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