title: Incidental detection of inferior vena caval dissection by intraoperative high frequency vascular duplex ultrasonography.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Sarinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Puwanant
authors.forename: Roger L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Click
authors.forename: Manju
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kalra
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Farley
authors.forename: Krishnaswamy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chandrasekaran
mesh_terms: 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