Caval umbrella causing obstructive uropathy.
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.
Flanagan
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Metabolism Unit, Royal Bournemouth Hospital, UK.
Creasy
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Chataway
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Kerr
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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*