Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Child with Budd-Chiari Syndrome

Anandini Suri; Varun K Sharma; Prajakta R Ranade; Shaji Marar; Aabha Nagral

doi:10.1007/s13312-016-0941-x

Ruptured Hepatocellular Carcinoma in a Child with Budd-Chiari Syndrome

Indian Pediatr. 2016 Sep 8;53(9):833-834. doi: 10.1007/s13312-016-0941-x.

Authors

Anandini Suri¹, Varun K Sharma, Prajakta R Ranade, Shaji Marar, Aabha Nagral

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Pediatrics, #Interventional Radiology and *Gastroenterology, Jaslok hospital and Research Centre, Mumbai, India. Correspondence to Dr Aabha Nagral, 7, Snehasagar, Prabhanagar, Prabhadevi, Mumbai 400 025, India. [email protected].

PMID: 27771654
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-016-0941-x

Abstract

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma is an uncommon complication described in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome.

Case characteristics: A 12-year-old boy with Budd-Chiari syndrome, who was earlier treated with Transjugular intrahepatic porto-systemic shunt (TIPS), presented with acute onset hemoperitoneum and hypotension.

Outcome: It was diagnosed to be a case of ruptured hepatocellular carcinoma.

Message: Successful TIPS may not prevent the development of hepatocellular carcinoma, and children with Budd Chiari syndrome should be monitored for the same.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Budd-Chiari Syndrome / complications*
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* / complications
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular* / diagnosis
Child
Humans
Liver Neoplasms* / complications
Liver Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Male
Portasystemic Shunt, Transjugular Intrahepatic