Fatal complications after self-expandable metallic stent placement for inferior vena cava syndrome.
We present the case of a 71-year-old man with inferior vena cava syndrome due to metastatic lymph nodes from hepatocellular carcinoma with serious complications that were strongly suspected to result from rapid changes in hemodynamics after self-expandable metallic stent placement.
Yamagami
Takuji
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Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo, Kyoto, Japan. yamagami@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
Nakamura
Toshiyuki
T
Kin
Yoko
Y
Takimoto
Yukiko
Y
Nishimura
Tsunehiko
T
D000368:Aged; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000473:pathology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior