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Idiopathic aneurysm of the inferior vena cava. A case report
1Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Cape Town.
Abstract:
A 13-year-old girl complained of sudden abdominal pain and shortly thereafter collapsed and died of massive pulmonary embolism. The source of the embolism was an idiopathic aneurysm of the inferior vena cava, which had thrombosed after partial rupture.