Budd-Chiari syndrome complicated by hepatocellular carcinoma with no evidence of infection with hepatitis virus: A case report

Hepatocellular carcinoma occurs in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome. Howe ver, the etiology of hepatocellular carcinoma accompanied with Budd-Chiari syndrome has not been elucidated. We report a case of Budd-Chiari syndrome with membranous obstruction of the inferior vena cava complicated by hepato cellular carcinoma in an 80 year-old man. There was no evidence of co-infec tion with hepatitis A, B, C, D, E, and G virus. Histologically, the non-can cerous liver tissue showed chronic venous congestion with no evidence of he patitis virus-associated liver cirrhosis. This case suggests that chronic v enous congestion of the liver may be one of the pathologic conditions that occurs in hepatocellular carcinoma.