Postpartum Budd-Chiari syndrome with prolonged hypercoagulability state.

Budd-Chiari syndrome after pregnancy is an extremely rare disease. Reported here is a case of postpartum Budd-Chiari syndrome with unusual features of prolonged hypercoagulability state. The disease occurred 2 weeks after delivery and despite massive anticoagulation treatment the patient developed severe hepatic vein occlusion, renal vein thrombosis, inferior vena cava thrombosis, and femoral artery thrombosis.