Intrathoracic stomach. Another cause of IVC pseudothrombosis.
We report the case of a patient with a large hiatal hernia accompanied by partial gastric volvulus in whom the computed tomography (CT) findings mimic the appearances of thrombus in the inferior vena cava (IVC). To our knowledge, this has not been previously reported as a cause of "pseudothrombosis" of the IVC on CT.
Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77030.
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D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006551:Hernia, Hiatal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013277:Stomach Volvulus / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*