Steel coil embolization supplementing filter placement in a patient with a duplicated inferior vena cava.
Anatomic anomalies involving the inferior vena cava (IVC) can present both diagnostic and therapeutic challenges when percutaneous placement of a filter is considered. A patient with a duplicated IVC was treated with placement of a filter in the right-sided IVC and steel coil embolization of a smaller left-sided IVC.
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Department of Radiology, Loma Linda University Medical Center, CA 92354.
Kohne
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Taylor
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D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016306:Vena Cava Filters; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*