Compression of the inferior vena cava due to diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.
Compression of the inferior vena cava by bony excrescences on the lumbar spine has not been previously reported as a complication of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis. We report a phlebography-proven case in a 67-year-old man.
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Istituto di Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica, Clinica Ortopedica II, Universita di Padova, Italy.
D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology