[Diagnostic image (300). A man with progressive bilateral leg oedema].
In a 76-year-old man bilateral leg oedema was caused by compression of the V. cava inferior by a large abdominal aortic aneurysm. The oedema resolved after an aortobiiliac prosthesis was placed.
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Afd. Radiologie, Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis, locatie Dordwijk, Postbus 444, 3300 AK Dordrecht. t.r.hendriksz@asz.nl
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D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome