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Table 2 Disease characteristics of patients with BD and BCS

From: Behcet’s disease in budd-chiari syndrome

 

Patients with BD and BCS (n = 14)

Additional etiologic factors, n (%)

5 (38.5%)

Antiphospholipid antibodies

2

Hyperhomocyteinemia

2

Factor II heterozygous gene mutation

1

Associated venous thrombosis, n (%)

 

Pulmonary embolism

7 (50%)

Intracardiac [right atrium/right ventricle]

5 (36%) [29%/7%]

Superior vena cava

3 (21%)

Lower limbs

4 (29%)

Cerebral

1 (7%)

  1. Abbreviations: BCS Budd-Chiari Syndrome, BD Behcet’s disease.