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Image Acquisition Method for the Sonographic Assessment of the Inferior Vena Cava
Published on: January 13, 2023
[Aneurysm of the inferior vena cava : A case report]
Oussama Marsafi1, Abderrahmane Ibenyahia1, AbdelJabbar Moussaoui1
1Service de Radiologie, CHU Sousse Massa, Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université IBN Zohr Agadir, Agadir, Maroc.
Abstract:
Venous aneurysms in general, and of the inferior vena cava in particular (IVC), are rarely reported in the literature because they are generally asymptomatic and detected incidentally following complications such as thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, an Inferior vena cava (IVC) aneurysm is detected by imaging examinations performed for other causes. We report a case of IVC aneurysm classified as type I according to Gradman and Steinberg discovered incidentally during a follow-up CT scan in an asymptomatic woman followed for endometrial adenocarcinoma treated 6 years ago.
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