BUDD-CHIARI SYNDROME IN FEMALE PATIENT TRIGGERED BY ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES WITH PREVIOUSLY UNDIAGNOSED JAK2 MUTATION
Goran Bokan,* Nikola Malešević and Vlado Đajić
ABSTRACT
Budd-Chiari Syndrome (BCS) is usually characterized by a triad of symptoms: epigastric pain, hepatomegaly and ascites. The actual incidence of Budd-Chiari syndrome is not fully known, but it is thought that usually is based on a latent hematological hypercoagulable process that is responsible for almost 75% of cases. The paper presents a case report of a patient who took oral contraceptives and had a previously undiagnosed JAK2 mutation that led to BCS.
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