Extrinsic compression of an iliac vein mimicking inferior vena cava obstruction.
A case of anterior extrinsic compression of the left external iliac vein is presented. The impaired flow produces a pattern in a left lower extremity radionuclide venogram initially thought to be consistent with inferior vena cava obstruction.
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Department of Radiology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724.
Bocchini
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McNeill
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D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein; D007866:Leg / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior
D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin