Inferior vena caval thrombosis complicating acute pancreatitis. Case report.
This case report describes a patient with acute pancreatitis who was found to have inferior vena caval thrombosis. This was diagnosed by CT scan and confirmed by digital subtraction venography. Of the many recognised vascular complications of acute pancreatitis, isolated inferior vena caval thrombosis has not been previously reported.
Stringer
M D
MD
Department of Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Michell
M
M
McIrvine
A J
AJ
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000150:complications*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*