title: Multiple and recurrent systemic thrombotic events associated with congenital anomaly of inferior vena cava.
abstract: We describe a case of a 67-year-old woman with a history of cerebral infarction and pulmonary embolism that presented with chest pain. Subsequent evaluation resulted in a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction and occult DVT, and imaging revealed a rare congenital absence of the infra-renal portion of the inferior vena cava, with lower extremity venous drainage diverted via an ascending lumbar vein. Associations between congenital absence of the inferior vena cava and thrombosis are discussed.
authors.affiliation: The first Department of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, Asahikawa, Japan. takenao@asahikawa-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Naohumi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takehara
authors.forename: Naoyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hasebe
authors.forename: Setsu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Enomoto
authors.forename: Toshiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: Fumihiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Takahumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ota
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Kenjiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001775:Blood Circulation; D002637:Chest Pain; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism; D012008:Recurrence; D020521:Stroke; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*