title: Fatal complications after self-expandable metallic stent placement for inferior vena cava syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kamigyo, Kyoto, Japan. yamagami@koto.kpu-m.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamagami
authors.forename: Toshiyuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kin
authors.forename: Yukiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takimoto
authors.forename: Tsunehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishimura
mesh_terms: 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