title: Compression of the inferior vena cava due to diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica, Clinica Ortopedica II, Universita di Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scapinelli
mesh_terms: 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