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World J Hepatol. Nov 27, 2023; 15(11): 1174-1187
Published online Nov 27, 2023. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v15.i11.1174
Published online Nov 27, 2023. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v15.i11.1174
Budd-Chiari syndrome in children: Challenges and outcome
Arghya Samanta, Moinak Sen Sarma, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India
Rajanikant Yadav, Department of Radiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India
Author contributions: Samanta A contributed to literature review, analysis, data collection and interpretation, and drafting of the initial manuscript; Sen Sarma M contributed to the conception and design of the manuscript, interpretation of the data, and critical revision of the initial manuscript; Yadav R contributed to interpretation of the data and the critical revision of the initial manuscript; all the authors approved the final version of the manuscript.
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Corresponding author: Moinak Sen Sarma, Doctor, MBBS, MD, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Raebareli Road, Lucknow-226014, Lucknow 226014, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Received: July 29, 2023
Peer-review started: July 29, 2023
First decision: September 27, 2023
Revised: October 8, 2023
Accepted: October 30, 2023
Article in press: October 30, 2023
Published online: November 27, 2023
Processing time: 117 Days and 10.1 Hours
Peer-review started: July 29, 2023
First decision: September 27, 2023
Revised: October 8, 2023
Accepted: October 30, 2023
Article in press: October 30, 2023
Published online: November 27, 2023
Processing time: 117 Days and 10.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a rare disease of the liver, characterised by obstruction of hepatic venous outflow tract. The effectiveness of radiological endovascular interventions in alleviating clinical symptoms as well as hepatic congestion has been shown both in adults and children. However, unlike in adults, established treatment guidelines have not been developed in children with BCS. Long-term follow-up studies including the prevalence of hepatopulmonary syndrome and hepatocellular carcinoma in this patient population are lacking in children. The role of liver and splenic stiffness measurement by elastography techniques is poorly studied in patients with BCS.