Embryologic and acquired anomalies of the inferior vena cava with recurrent deep vein thrombosis.
Anomalies of the inferior vena cava theoretically favor venous stasis and development of deep vein thrombosis. We report two cases of repeated deep vein thrombosis in patients with embryologic and acquired anomalies of the inferior vena cava, in which hypercoagulability syndrome was ruled out.
Radiology Institute, Policlinic G. Martino, University of Messina, via Consolare Valeria 11, 98100 Messina, Italy.
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Ascenti
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Lamberto
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Cannella
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Garcia Medina
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging