title: Idiopathic aneurysm of the inferior vena cava. A case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Cape Town.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van Ieperen
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Rose
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*