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Causes of Budd-Chiari
  • Myeloproliferative disease

  • Polycythemia rubra vera

  • Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria

  • Inherited prothrombotic tendencies
    • Factor V Leiden mutation
    • Protein C deficiency
    • Protein S deficiency
    • Antithrombin III deficiency
    • Lupus anticoagulant
    • Essential thrombocytosis

  • Tumor obstruction of hepatic vein
    • Hepatocellular carcinoma
    • Adrenal carcinoma
    • Renal cell carcinoma
    • Leiomyosarcoma
    • Right atrial myxoma

  • Infections
    • Hydatid cysts
    • Amebic abcesses
    • Aspergillosis
    • Syphillis

  • Vasculitides
    • Behçet's disease
    • Sjögren's syndrome
    • Systemic lupus erythematosus
    • Mixed connective tissue disease
    • Sarcoidosis

  • Miscellaneous
    • Oral contraceptives
    • Puerperium
    • Trauma
    • Membranous webs

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