Post-traumatic inferior vena caval thrombosis: case report.
Thrombosis of the aorta and inferior vena cava is a rare sequela of blunt abdominal trauma. Inferior vena caval thrombosis developed in a 55-year-old man after blunt abdominal trauma. It was detected 18 days after injury through the use of computed tomography. The patient was treated with a Greenfield filter and anticoagulation.
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Department of Surgery, University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago 60612.
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D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications; D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications