Budd-Chiari syndrome: diagnosis with ultrasound and nuclear medicine calcium colloid liver scan following non-diagnostic contrasted CT scan.

Budd-Chiari syndrome is a rare condition characterized by thrombosis within the hepatic veins and inferior vena cava. A case of Budd-Chiari syndrome is presented in a patient who presented acutely 3 days following laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acalculous cholecystitis. A discussion of pathology and findings on calcium colloid scintigram, CT scan and Doppler ultrasound is provided.