Budd-Chiari综合征的CT与超声、静脉造影对比研究

目的：评价ＣＴ、超声、静脉造影对Ｂｕｄｄ－Ｃｈｉａｒｉ综合征的诊断价值。方法：回顾性分析４４例Ｂｕｄｄ－Ｃｈｉａｒｉ综合征的ＣＴ、超声、静脉造影表现,比较三种检查方法显示肝脏的形态、肝静脉、下腔静脉、肝内外的侧枝血管情况。结果：ＣＴ显示肝尾叶增大４２例（９５％）,肝脏密度不均或呈低密度表现,１９例（４３％）显示有肝内侧枝血管,４２例（９５％）见有肝外侧枝血管,其中奇静脉扩张３５例（８０％）,半奇静脉扩张３９例（８９％）,下腔静脉钙化７例（１６％）。超声显示３８例（８６％）有下腔静脉狭窄或阻塞,１６例（３６％）有肝静脉狭窄或阻塞,３７例（８４％）显示有肝内侧枝血管,１６例（３６％）显示有肝外侧枝血管。静脉造影显示下腔静脉狭窄或阻塞２３例（５３％）,肝静脉狭窄或阻塞５例（１１％）,其余１６例（３６％）同时累及下腔静脉和肝静脉,３８例（８４％）显示有肝内侧枝血管,４４例（１００％）见有肝外侧枝血管。结论：ＣＴ对显示肝脏形态、下腔静脉钙化、肝外侧枝血管尤其是奇静脉和半奇静脉扩张有优势,超声则对显示下腔静脉和肝静脉狭窄或阻塞、肝内侧枝血管有优势,ＣＴ、超声和静脉造影相互补充有助于本病的正确诊断     

布加综合征的CT和MRI诊断

布加综合征(BCS)是一种因肝静脉流出道阻塞而导致的少见病变,本文对BCSCT和MRI表现进行了综述,CT和MRI检查可以显示直接征象即静脉阻塞的部位和范围,对于肝内外的侧支血管、肝尾叶增大、肝脏不均匀强化、再生结节等静脉阻塞间接表现也能较好显示,认识这些表现有助于病变的早期诊断和选择合适的治疗方法。     

Budd-Chiari综合征的磁共振诊断

目的：探讨柏一查氏综合征（Ｂｕｄｄ－Ｃｈｉａｒｉｓｙｎｄｒｏｍｅ）的磁共振（ＭＲ）表现,分析比较各种检查方法。方法：８例本病患者的磁共振成像检查,采用ＳＥ、ＦＳＥ和ＧＲ序列,轴位,冠状位和矢状位扫描,其中２例做了磁共振血管造影（ＭＲＡ）。结果：ＭＲ表现为肝静脉和／或下腔静脉（ＩＶＣ）狭窄、阻塞和栓塞及“逗点样”肝内侧支循环;肝脏充血肿大或尾叶代偿性增大;脾大;门脉增粗;腹水和肝外侧支循环。结论：Ｂｕｄｄ－Ｃｈｉａｒｉ综合征在ＭＲ上有较为典型的表现,ＭＲ是目前诊断该病的最佳选择     

Membranous obstruction of the inferior vena cava: comparison of findings at sonography, CT, and venography.

OBJECTIVE. Membranous or segmental obstruction of the inferior vena cava is one of the common causes of chronic Budd-Chiari syndrome. In this study, the venographic findings are compared with the results of sonography and CT in order to ascertain their role in the management of these cases. MATERIALS AND METHODS. Fifteen patients with membranous (n = 8) or segmental (n = 7) obstruction of the inferior vena cava who had been examined with sonography and CT were studied retrospectively. Diagnosis was made at surgery (n = 3) or by venacavography (n = 12). Sonographic findings were analyzed on the basis of the initial report, and CT findings were reviewed retrospectively with knowledge of the sonographic findings. RESULTS. Sonography showed membranous obstruction (n = 5), segmental cordlike obstruction (n = 3), and unspecified obstruction (n = 5) of the inferior vena cava, while CT showed a flap of the membrane (n = 1) and segmental narrowing or obstruction of the inferior vena cava (n = 7). In the remaining cases, the inferior vena cava either appeared normal (n = 6) or was not visualized (n = 1) on CT or was not described in the sonographic report (n = 2). In nine cases, CT showed one or several tiny calcific foci in the inferior vena cava. Sonography showed obliteration of at least one hepatic vein (n = 8) and of intrahepatic collateral vessels (n = 12), whereas CT was less sensitive in evaluating obliteration of intrahepatic veins (n = 4) and collateral vessels (n = 7). Sonography and CT both showed hepatic masses (n = 6), evidence of liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension (n = 14), hepatomegaly (n = 14), enlargement of the caudate lobe (n = 9), and intraabdominal (n = 11) and abdominal wall (n = 15) collateral vessels. CONCLUSION. Sonography was superior to CT in delineating pathologic venous anatomy of the inferior vena cava and hepatic veins whereas CT was better in evaluating hepatic cirrhosis and tumor. We believe that these techniques are useful complements to venography in the diagnosis and management of these cases.     

Budd-Chiari综合征的磁共振影像分析

目的：探讨MRI对Budd-Chiari综合征的诊断价值.方法：回顾性分析24例经DSA证实的Budd-Chiari综合征MRI表现.所有病例均采用FSPGR T1和FRFSE T2序列扫描.其中12例行FSPGR T1动态增强扫描.结果：肝静脉型6例,下腔静脉型8例,混合型10例,其中合并肝静脉或下腔静脉血栓6例.急性6例,亚急性6例,慢性12例.所有病例均有不同程度的肝肿大.肝脏尾叶增大20例,肝实质信号不均匀12例,肝内侧支血管17例,副肝静脉2例,肝外侧枝血管16例,脾大腹水16例,合并肝癌和脾梗死各1例.结论：MR能直接显示下腔静脉和肝静脉的狭窄,明确诊断并分型.并能根据不同时期信号特点和侧支血管分布的影像特征对其进行分期,判断疾病的病程和预后.MR是一个独立的非侵袭性的多方面评价Budd-Chiari综合征的方法.     

MRI和超声诊断Budd-chiari综合征的对比研究

目的 :比较 MRI和超声在 Budd- chiari综合征 ( BCS)诊断中的应用价值。方法 :分析 1 2例 BCS病人 MRI和超声表现 ,比较这两种方法显示肝静脉 ( HV)、下腔静脉 ( IVC)和肝内、肝外侧支血管的情况。结果 :( 1 ) HV:1 2例 BCS中 ,MRI均显示出HV阻塞 ,其中三支阻塞 3例 ,两支 6例 ,单支 3例。超声显示 1 0例阻塞 ,其中三支、两支和单支阻塞分别为 3例、4例和 3例。 ( 2 )IVC:MRI显示 9例肝段 IVC狭窄和阻塞 ,其中先天性膜或分隔形成 2例 ,先天性狭窄或畸形 2例 ,血栓形成 1例 ,瘤栓形成 2例 ,外压性狭窄 2例。超声 IVC检查结果与 MR相同。 ( 3)侧支血管 :MR显示 1 1例病人有肝内侧支血管 ,肝外侧支循环形成 8例。超声显示 9例肝内侧支血管存在 ,而肝外的侧支血管仅见 2例。结论 :MR较超声能更清楚地显示 HV和 IVC的解剖结构和病变情况 ,在判定栓子性质、显示肝内外侧支血管和显示邻近器官病变上均优于超声     

Budd-Chiari syndrome: a review of imaging findings

Budd-Chiari syndrome is an uncommon, often fatal disorder resulting from an obstructed hepatic venous outflow tract. The obstructive lesion is situated in the main hepatic veins, in the inferior vena cava or in both. The nature, location and extension of the obstruction can be displayed on diagnostic imaging techniques. In addition to this direct evidence, the indirect findings of venous obstruction such as the presence of intra- and extrahepatic collateral veins, when combined with the altered morphology and enhancement pattern of the liver enables one to arrive at a confident diagnosis. In patients with suspected Budd-Chiari syndrome, gray-scale sonography with complementary support of color and pulsed Doppler examinations is the first step in approaching the diagnosis. It is followed by a contrast-enhanced cross-sectional technique, preferrentially by MR angiography. The patients with a high clinical suspicion of Budd-Chiari syndrome may undergo hepatic venography or venacavography directly so that a potential of recanalization (e.g. percutaneous transluminal angioplasty with or without stent placement or TIPS) of the obstructed segment under the guidance of these techniques would not be delayed.     

Angiographic abnormalities in partial Budd-Chiari syndrome.

Partial Budd-Chiari syndrome was produced in 8 monkeys by obstructing 2 or 3 lobar hepatic veins with a rapidly polymerizing plastic. Hepatic angiography done 1-3 months later revealed crowded tortuous arteries and a dense hepatogram in the lobe with venous occlusion. Unobstructed lobes were hypertrophied. Retrograde injection of persistently patent hepatic veins demonstrated a "spiderweb" collateral system. Retrograde venography to demonstrate this pathognomonic plexus is the procedure of choice when partial Budd-Chiari syndrome is suspected.     

Budd-Chiari syndrome: spectrum of imaging findings

OBJECTIVE: The objective of our study was to illustrate the imaging findings of Budd-Chiari syndrome, including CT, MRI, sonographic, and angiographic findings. CONCLUSION: The key imaging findings in Budd-Chiari syndrome are occlusion of the hepatic veins, inferior vena cava, or both; caudate lobe enlargement; inhomogeneous liver enhancement; and the presence of intrahepatic collateral vessels and hypervascular nodules. Awareness of these findings is important for early diagnosis and appropriate treatment.     

Diagnostic imaging of Budd-Chiari syndrome in adults and children

Budd-Chiari syndrome is caused by the obstruction of the hepatic veins or of the inferior vena cava. It is characterized by the classic symptomatological triad: ascites, hepatomegaly, and abdominal pain. In 2/3 cases its etiology remains unknown. Budd-Chiari syndrome may be associated with polycythemia vera, neoplasms, chronic leukemia, congenital abnormalities, hypercoagulation conditions, pregnancy, oral contraceptives, and constrictive pericarditis. Even though its clinical diagnosis is difficult, radiology plays a decisive role with US, CT, MR imaging and, above all, angiography; the latter, together with liver biopsy, generally provides with an unquestionable diagnosis. Through the definition of stage of the disease, of level (intrahepatic, venous, caval, cardiac), of type (intrinsic or extrinsic), and degree of both obstruction and consequent development of collateral channels, radiology determines which patients should undergo a medical or a surgical treatment. In some case, percutaneous angioplasty can be performed. Four cases of Budd-Chiari syndrome, including two children, were investigated with US, CT, angiography, and liver biopsy; MR imaging was also employed in one case. The underlying cause was identified in 3 patients: constrictive pericarditis of probable congenital origin and web occlusion of the inferior vena cava near the right atrium in the 2 children; hepatic vein thrombosis due to essential thrombocythemia in the third case. In the fourth patient, thrombosis of the inferior vena cava and hepatic veins was unexplained. The diagnosis was established by means of liver biopsy and phlebography of the hepatic veins. Good diagnostic information was also supplied by non-invasive techniques, such as US, CT, and MR imaging.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Budd-Chiari综合征的MRI诊断

目的 探讨ＭＲＩ对Ｂｕｄｄ－Ｃｈｉａｒｉ综合征的诊断价值。材料与方法 分析１９例Ｂｕｄｄ－Ｃｈｉａｒｉ综合征的ＭＲＩ表现,并与超声和静脉造影进行对比。结果 肝脏增大１８例（９５％）,肝尾叶增大１４例（７４％）,肝脏信号不均匀１４例（７４％）,７例（３７％）显示下腔静脉阻塞,４例（２１％）下腔静脉内见有血栓,肝静脉狭窄或阻塞１９例（１００％）,１７例（８９％）显示有肝内侧支血管,１７例（８９％）显示     

Budd—Chiari综合征的MRI

目的：探讨Ｂｕｄｄ－Ｃｈｉａｒｉ综合征的ＭＲＩ和ＭＲＡ表现及其诊断价值。材料和方法：回顾性分析５例经腔静脉造影证实的Ｂｕｄｄ－Ｃｈｉａｒｉ综合征的ＭＲＩ和ＭＲＡ表现,并与腔静脉造影进行比较。结果：ＭＲＩ和ＭＲＡ表现如下：１、肝肿大,３例慢性者尾叶增大;２、肝静脉未显示,肝内血管呈逗点状;３、下腔静脉狭窄、阻塞和狭窄阻塞后扩张及血流信号异常,与腔静脉造影比较,ＭＲＩ和ＭＲＡ显示狭窄和阻塞的形态不够确切;４、肝外侧枝血管形成。结论：ＭＲＩ对Ｂｕｄｄ－Ｃｈｉａｒｉ综合征具有特征性的诊断价值,但不能取代腔静脉造影。     

Budd-Chiari syndrome: detection with color Doppler sonography.

The value of color Doppler sonography in evaluating newly diagnosed Budd-Chiari syndrome in five patients was studied. Hepatic venous findings included absence of vessels (one patient), flow reversal (two patients), narrowing (four patients), and tortuosity (three patients). Detected collaterals included hepatic venous to hepatic venous (four patients), hepatic venous to subcapsular systemic venous (two patients), and portosystemic (three patients). Hepatic venous spectral Doppler waveforms were flat and essentially aphasic in four patients, indicative of distal hepatic venous compression. The inferior vena cava was markedly compressed in two patients and slightly compressed in one. Color Doppler sonography allowed more reliable and confident identification of irregular, compressed, or otherwise abnormal hepatic veins than did conventional sonography. Color Doppler sonography also showed collateral vessels that were undetected with conventional sonography or other imaging techniques. Our results suggest that color Doppler sonography may be a valuable tool in the initial diagnosis and evaluation of suspected Budd-Chiari syndrome.     

Budd-Chiari syndrome: value of duplex sonography and colour Doppler imaging for diagnosis and follow-up

This retrospective study was designed to evaluate duplex sonography in the diagnosis and follow-up of patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome. Thirteen patients with clotting disease and histologically proven Budd-Chiari syndrome (3 acute and 10 chronic cases) were examined, using conventional duplex sonography (n=5) or colour-coded duplex sonography (n=8). Results were compared with CT in 6 cases, MRI in 11, coeliac and mesentric angiography in 5, and hepatic wedge venography and cavography in 6. Of 39 hepatic veins examined, 33 had an abnormal appearance on ultrasound studies: endoluminal thrombus, stenosis, dilatation, thick wall echoes. Doppler findings included total obstruction of 8 hepatic veins, reversed flow in 22 hepatic veins and intrahepatic collaterals with continous non-phasic flow in all cases. Duplex sonography showed portal thrombosis (n=1), evidence of portal hypertension (n=8) and inferior vena cava thrombosis (n=2). Nine patients were treated surgically. Patency of portocaval shunts was correctly assessed with colour coded duplex sonography in 8 of 9 patients. We believe that colour Doppler imaging is the procedure of choice for initial diagnosis of Budd-Chiari syndrome. Correspondence to: M. F. Bellin     

Hepatic caudate vein in Budd-Chiari syndrome: Depiction by using magnetic resonance imaging

Objective

To study the visibility of the caudate vein and its diameter on MR imaging in healthy people and in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome.

Materials and methods

In this study there were 14 patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome and 54 healthy subjects without hepatic lesion or liver disease, all of whom had upper abdominal enhanced MRI. The visibility of the caudate vein and its diameter on MR images was compared between Budd-Chiari patients and healthy subjects, and among Budd-Chiari patients, the correlation between the visibility of caudate vein and extrahepatic collaterals were compared.

Results

Caudate vein was noted in 64% of patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome and in 7% of healthy subjects (P = 0.000). The diameter of the caudate vein visualized on MR imaging in Budd-Chiari syndrome was significantly larger than that in healthy group (7.3 ± 3.9 mm vs 2.6 ± 0.6 mm, P = 0.037). Among Budd-Chiari patients, both caudate vein and extrahepatic collateral veins were noted in 9 patients, only extrahepatic collateral veins were noted in 4 patients and neither caudate vein nor extrahepatic collateral veins were noted in 1 patient. No correlation was found between the visibility of caudate vein and that of extrahepatic collateral vein in patients with Budd-Chiari (P = 0.375).

Conclusion

Gadolinium enhanced dynamic MR imaging can visualize hepatic caudate vein frequently. The visibility and dilation of hepatic caudate veins on MR imaging in Budd-Chiari syndrome were more frequent than in control subjects. MR depiction of a caudate vein may help differentiate Budd-Chiari from cirrhosis.     

Budd-Chiari syndrome: CT observations

The authors describe four patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome in whom contrast material-enhanced computed tomographic (CT) scans demonstrated low-density venous thrombosis in three sites not, to our knowledge, previously described with this modality. Thrombosis was seen in the portal circulation, the hepatic veins, and the intrahepatic inferior vena cava. It is known that concomitant portal vein thrombosis may be seen in 20% of patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome. Three of the four patients in the current study had this finding, one with extensive thrombosis of portal, mesenteric, and splenic veins and the other two with portal vein branch involvement. In one patient hepatic vein thrombosis was demonstrated with CT, and in three inferior vena cava clot was demonstrated. All four patients had the distinctive hepatic parenchymal contrast enhancement pattern seen in this condition, which the authors think may be at least partially caused by associated portal thrombosis. The presence of portal venous thrombosis should prompt the observer to consider the diagnosis of Budd-Chiari syndrome. Detection of hepatic vein clot confirms the diagnosis and may be seen in this condition in association with inferior vena cava thrombus.     

中国河南地区Budd-Chiari综合征病变特点的影像分析

目的 探讨中国河南省Budd-Chiari综合征患者肝静脉阻塞和下腔静脉阻塞病变的分布特点.方法 应用3种血管成像技术,彩色多普勒超声、CTA和MRA检查,经DSA证实的Budd-Chiari综合征患者231例,对影像结果进行分析,分析清晰显影的主肝静脉、副肝静脉和下腔静脉走行与阻塞部位分布特点.结果 231例中肝静脉分支都正常的单纯性下腔静脉阻塞5例,占2.2%;下腔静脉正常的单纯性肝静脉阻塞33例,占14.3%;下腔静脉和肝静脉同时阻塞的193例,占83.5%.结论 中国河南地区Budd-Chiari综合征以下腔静脉阻塞合并肝静脉阻塞的复合型病变最多见,而单纯性下腔静脉阻塞最少见.     

3D DCE MRA在诊断Budd-Chiari综合征中的应用价值

目的评价三维对比动态增强磁共振血管成像(3D DCE MRA)在诊断Budd-Chiari综合征(BCS)中的价值。方法8例BCS术前接受了常规MRI和3D DCE MRA检查,着重于回顾性分析其3D DCE MRA表现。结果8例3D DCE MRA检查显示下腔静脉阻塞3例,下腔静脉和肝静脉阻塞5例。下腔静脉阻塞部位在肝段5例、膈段1例及膈上段2例,阻塞表现形式包括膜性1例及节段性7例。伴有肝静脉阻塞的5例中肝静脉开口处阻塞3例,肝静脉分支阻塞2例。8例中有5例显示肝内侧枝循环,包括肝包膜下静脉侧枝循环、叶间静脉侧枝循环及肝内未定型侧枝循环。8例均显示肝外侧枝循环,包括深层静脉侧枝循环、中层静脉侧枝循环、浅层静脉侧枝循环及门静脉侧枝循环。8例BCS的其他征象包括肝实质信号异常、肝脏形态改变、下腔静脉内血栓形成、脾大、腹水及胸水。结论3D DCE MRA在诊断BCS中具有很高的价值,是诊断和治疗前后全面评价BCS的无创性血管成像技术。     

CT diagnosis of primary Budd-Chiari syndrome--membranous obstruction of the inferior vena cava

Five cases with primary Budd-Chiari syndrome due to membranous obstruction of the hepatic segment of the inferior vena cava were examined by CT. In all cases, CT demonstrated caudate lobe enlargement, reticular low density within the liver parenchyma, splenomegaly, and collaterals via the ascending lumbar veins and azygous system. Pathological study revealed liver cirrhosis or fibrosis in all cases. In two cases, calcification was shown in the region of the hepatic segment of the inferior vena cava. Our results suggested that the CT appearance of primary Budd-Chiari syndrome was rather characteristic and useful in diagnosis, although membranous obliteration could not be shown directly on CT.     

Radionuclide venography as a clue to the diagnosis of Budd-Chiari syndrome

A patient was examined with radionuclide venography (RVG) to investigate unilateral leg oedema which might be due to deep vein thrombosis. RVG with Tc-99m MAA demonstrated no findings to suggest deep vein thrombosis of the right leg. However, collateral flow derived from the left common iliac vein and truncated inferior vena cava (IVC) were revealed. Contrast venography confirmed the obstruction of IVC and collateral flow from the left common iliac vein to the left ascending lumbar vein. It also showed the obstruction of hepatic veins and the patient was finally diagnosed as Budd-Chiari syndrome. Although unilateral leg oedema is an atypical symptom in Budd-Chiari syndrome, the findings on RVG led us to conduct further imaging studies to reach the diagnosis.