title: Congenital hypoplasia of the inferior vena cava and inherited thrombophilia: rare associated risk factors for idiopathic deep vein thrombosis. A case report.
abstract: In young patients, acquired and genetic causes of deep vein thrombosis frequently interact. The association of congenital hypoplasia of the inferior vena cava with antithrombin III deficiency has never been described in the literature as a causal factor of proximal deep vein thrombosis in young patients. We report the case of an 18-year-old patient affected by deep vein thrombosis due to this rare association without other common risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Internal Medicine, General Medicine Department, University of Pisa, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy. massimilianobianchi3@tin.it
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: Danilo
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Giannini
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balbarini
authors.forename: Maido Giovacchino
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Castiglioni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D020152:Antithrombin III Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005268:Femoral Vein; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D011152:Popliteal Vein; D012307:Risk Factors; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*