Short report: Budd-Chiari syndrome as a vascular complication of amebic liver abscess

Abstract

Amebiasis remains a major public health issue in most of the world. Amebic liver abscess is the most common extraintestinal manifestation. A complication such as venous obstruction associated with amebiais is rare. We report a thrombosis in hepatic veins associated with amebic hepatic abscess in a traveler. Copyright © 2009 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.