Inferior vena cava pseudothrombus in computed tomography using a contrast medium power injector: a potential pitfall.
Of 276 patients undergoing CT using a power injector to deliver contrast material, 71 (26%) demonstrated a pseudothrombus in the suprarenal inferior vena cava. This occurs much more commonly than in patients injected by hand and is a potential pitfall in interpreting these scans.
Fagelman
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Department of Radiology, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY 11030.
Lawrence
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Black
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Javors
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BR
D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
D003287:Contrast Media