Incidental detection of inferior vena caval dissection by intraoperative high frequency vascular duplex ultrasonography.
Inferior vena caval (IVC) dissection has been rarely reported. This could be due to less susceptibility of the venous structure to dissect or under recognition of this entity. We first report a case of IVC dissection detected by high frequency surface ultrasonography following tumor thrombectomy of adrenal cortical carcinoma. This report described the value of intraoperative surface echocardiography and reviewed previous literatures with regard to IVC dissection.
Puwanant
Sarinya
S
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Click
Roger L
RL
Kalra
Manju
M
Farley
David R
DR
Chandrasekaran
Krishnaswamy
K
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007430:Intraoperative Care; D008297:Male; D017131:Thrombectomy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior