title: Extrinsic compression of an iliac vein mimicking inferior vena cava obstruction.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Radiology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724.
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Williams
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Bocchini
authors: G
authors: G
authors: McNeill
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Patton
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D013668:Technetium Tc 99m Aggregated Albumin