CT demonstration of infected SVC thrombus.
We report a case in which computed tomography (CT) demonstrated gas within a thrombus in the superior vena cava in a patient with fever of unknown origin (FUO), indicating that the thrombus was infected. This CT finding is important to recognize, as it affects subsequent therapy.
Macari
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Department of Radiology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Panicek
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Morris
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D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications*; D013212:Staphylococcus epidermidis; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*