The best approach to prevention is to carefully control the blood disorders that can lead to Budd-Chiari syndrome.

Budd-Chiari syndrome is a rare problem that results from blood clotting in the veins flowing out of the liver (hepatic veins).

Diagnosis of Budd-Chiari syndrome can be made by an internist (a specialist in diseases of the internal organs), a gastroenterologist (a specialist in the diseases of the digestive system), or a general surgeon.

Gadacz, Thomas R., and John L. Cameron. "Budd-Chiari Syndrome and Surgery of the Hepatic Vasculature." In Shackelford's Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, edited by J.G. Turcotte, 3rd ed. Vol. 3. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1991.

Budd-Chiari syndrome, caused by occlusion of hepatic venous outflow, can lead to hypertrophy of the caudate lobe due to its own caval anastomosis that allows for continued function of this lobe of the liver.