DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2021.v09i05.009

Pages: 500-502

The association of inflammatory bowel disease and thromboembolic events is frequent and secondary to hypercoagulability. Budd–Chiari syndrome has been reported as a rare complication of UC. The incidence of venous thrombosis in UC was found to be 39% in one necropsy study several etiologies are involved, namely coagulopathies and inflammation, the diagnosis is based on imaging (Doppler and abdominal CT). The prognosis depends on the degree of hepatic fibrosis or the interest of an adequate and urgent treatment. We report a case of active ulcerative colitis complicated by hepatic vein thrombosis.