title: Case report: structural failure of a bird's nest inferior vena caval filter.
abstract: At routine follow-up 13 months after its insertion, a Bird's nest inferior vena caval filter was found to be broken. The radiological findings are presented. This is the first reported case of structural failure in this sort of filter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Perry
authors.forename: I P
authors.initials: IP
authors.lastname: Wells
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011859:Radiography; D016306:Vena Cava Filters; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging