title: Retroperitoneal arteriovenous malformation extending through the inferior vena cava into the heart and causing inferior vena cava dissection.
abstract: We present a case of retroperitoneal arteriovenous malformation extending through the inferior vena cava into the heart, which was associated with dissection of the inferior vena cava in a 32-year-old female. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a double-lumen inferior vena cava and a rod-like solid component attached to a sac-like lesion in the right heart chambers. Digital subtraction angiography showed an arteriovenous malformation draining to the inner lumen of the inferior vena cava.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Kangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Yon Mi
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.forename: Yeon Hyeon
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Choe
authors.forename: Seung Woo
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Pyo Won
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Chang Ohk
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Sung
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000601:surgery*