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Deep Vein Thrombosis Induced by Stasis in Mice Monitored by High Frequency Ultrasonography
Published on: April 13, 2018
Thrombosed interrupted inferior vena cava and retroaortic left renal vein mimicking retroperitoneal neoplasm
Sevdenur Cizginer1, Servet Tatli, Jeffrey Girshman
1Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Abstract:
Anomalies of the inferior vena cava (IVC) have been recognized as one of the predisposing factors for deep vein thrombosis. Rarely, thrombosis of an anomalous retroperitoneal vein may resemble a soft tissue mass. Awareness of this fact helps preventing unnecessary interventions. We report a case of thrombosis of retroaortic left renal vein and interrupted IVC that mimicked a retroperitoneal neoplasm.
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