Inferior vena cava compression due to massive hydronephrosis from bladder outlet obstruction.
A 71-year-old man presented with acute urinary retention due to benign prostatic hyperplasia and was found to have computed tomography-documented mechanical obstruction of the inferior vena cava (IVC) due to massive hydronephrosis. Obstruction of IVC flow promptly resolved after bladder decompression.
Davis
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Department of Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC 20307-5001, USA.
Aronson
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Moul
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D000368:Aged; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006869:Hydronephrosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011468:Prostatectomy; D011470:Prostatic Hyperplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001748:Urinary Bladder Neck Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology