title: Greenfield filter caval perforation causing an aortic mural thrombus and femoral artery occlusion.
abstract: A 32-year-old woman suffered a right femoral artery embolic occlusion from an abdominal aortic mural thrombus associated with caval perforation by a stainless steel Greenfield Filter. The complication required thrombolytic therapy, surgical revascularization, and long-term anticoagulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, NY 14642, USA.
authors.forename: U B
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Chintalapudi
authors.forename: O H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Gutierrez
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Azodo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D001027:Aortography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D017131:Thrombectomy; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000628:therapy*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000008:administration & dosage; D016306:Vena Cava Filters; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*
chemical_list: D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator