Temporary use of a Bird's Nest filter during iliocaval thrombolysis.
A jugular Bird's Nest filter (Cook, Bloomington, Ind) was partially deployed in the suprarenal cava for prophylaxis to prevent pulmonary embolism in a young woman with phlegmasia cerulea dolens. It was effective in capturing large emboli during thrombolysis of a loose iliocaval thrombus. It was safely removed 6 1/2 hours later, after lysis of most retained filter clots.
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Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011859:Radiography; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D016306:Vena Cava Filters; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging