title: Thrombosed interrupted inferior vena cava and retroaortic left renal vein mimicking retroperitoneal neoplasm.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: Sevdenur
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cizginer
authors.forename: Servet
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tatli
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Girshman
authors.forename: Joshua A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Beckman
authors.forename: Stuart G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Silverman
mesh_terms: 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*