title: Caval umbrella causing obstructive uropathy.
abstract: A 49-year-old woman had a vena caval filters inserted having suffered multiple pulmonary emboli and a large upper gastrointestinal bleed. She re-presented five years later with loin pain and obstructive uropathy. She was found to have a right pelvi-ureteric obstruction due to inferior vena caval wall perforation from the vena caval filter.
authors: Metabolism Unit, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, UK.
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Flanagan
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Creasy
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Chataway
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Kerr
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014517:Ureteral Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*