Deep vein thrombosis and inferior vena cava agenesis

Deep vein thrombosis and inferior vena cava agenesis

We report the case of a 13-year old male patient who presented with a right swollen limb. A magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) revealed inferior vena cava agenesis (IVCA) which was regarded as the etiologic factor for the deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the patient. IVCA is a rare vascular abnormali...

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Main Authors: Evgenia Kalogridaki, Eftychia Kanioura, Eleftheria Mavrigiannaki, Petros Ioannis Katralis, Dimitrios Filippou, Panagiotis Skandalakis, Ioannis Skondras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576618300836
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spelling doaj-0d5838ee582449e6ae4a2ef455d69f352020-11-24T23:52:11ZengElsevierJournal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports2213-57662018-07-0134C1310.1016/j.epsc.2018.04.010Deep vein thrombosis and inferior vena cava agenesisEvgenia Kalogridaki0Eftychia Kanioura1Eleftheria Mavrigiannaki2Petros Ioannis Katralis3Dimitrios Filippou4Panagiotis Skandalakis5Ioannis Skondras6National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Department of Anatomy and Surgical Anatomy, Mikras Asias 75, 11527, GreeceAglaia Kyriakou Children΄s Hospital, Thivon and Levadias, 11527, GreeceNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Department of Anatomy and Surgical Anatomy, Mikras Asias 75, 11527, GreeceNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Department of Anatomy and Surgical Anatomy, Mikras Asias 75, 11527, GreeceNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Department of Anatomy and Surgical Anatomy, Mikras Asias 75, 11527, GreeceNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Department of Anatomy and Surgical Anatomy, Mikras Asias 75, 11527, GreeceAglaia Kyriakou Children΄s Hospital, Thivon and Levadias, 11527, GreeceWe report the case of a 13-year old male patient who presented with a right swollen limb. A magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) revealed inferior vena cava agenesis (IVCA) which was regarded as the etiologic factor for the deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the patient. IVCA is a rare vascular abnormality which presents in 5% of young people aged under 30 years with lower limb DVT. It is usually underestimated but should be carefully considered in patients with no other apparent risk factors for DVT.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213576618300836
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author Evgenia Kalogridaki
Eftychia Kanioura
Eleftheria Mavrigiannaki
Petros Ioannis Katralis
Dimitrios Filippou
Panagiotis Skandalakis
Ioannis Skondras
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Eftychia Kanioura
Eleftheria Mavrigiannaki
Petros Ioannis Katralis
Dimitrios Filippou
Panagiotis Skandalakis
Ioannis Skondras
Deep vein thrombosis and inferior vena cava agenesis
Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
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Petros Ioannis Katralis
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title Deep vein thrombosis and inferior vena cava agenesis
title_short Deep vein thrombosis and inferior vena cava agenesis
title_full Deep vein thrombosis and inferior vena cava agenesis
title_fullStr Deep vein thrombosis and inferior vena cava agenesis
title_full_unstemmed Deep vein thrombosis and inferior vena cava agenesis
title_sort deep vein thrombosis and inferior vena cava agenesis
publisher Elsevier
series Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
issn 2213-5766
publishDate 2018-07-01
description We report the case of a 13-year old male patient who presented with a right swollen limb. A magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) revealed inferior vena cava agenesis (IVCA) which was regarded as the etiologic factor for the deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the patient. IVCA is a rare vascular abnormality which presents in 5% of young people aged under 30 years with lower limb DVT. It is usually underestimated but should be carefully considered in patients with no other apparent risk factors for DVT.
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