Thrombosed interrupted inferior vena cava and retroaortic left renal vein mimicking retroperitoneal neoplasm.
Anomalies of the inferior vena cava (IVC) have been recognized as one of the predisposing factors for deep vein thrombosis. Rarely, thrombosis of an anomalous retroperitoneal vein may resemble a soft tissue mass. Awareness of this fact helps preventing unnecessary interventions. We report a case of thrombosis of retroaortic left renal vein and interrupted IVC that mimicked a retroperitoneal neoplasm.
Cizginer
Sevdenur
S
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Tatli
Servet
S
Girshman
Jeffrey
J
Beckman
Joshua A
JA
Silverman
Stuart G
SG
D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*