Inferior vena cava pseudoaneurysm after penetrating injury of the abdomen: a case report.
Reports of inferior vena cava (IVC) pseudoaneurysms are always associated with arteriovenous fistulae and arterial injuries. This seems to be the first case report of an isolated IVC pseudoaneurysm in a 40-year-old man who suffered a penetrating abdominal injury 4 weeks before being referred to our hospital. Jaundice was the finding that leads to the identification of this aneurysm and its later successful surgical treatment. This is a nonreported lesion in the published literature about IVC injuries, in which the endovascular therapy is recently included.
Delgado-Beltran
Alvaro
A
Department of Surgery, Hospital El Tunal E.S.E., Bogotá, Colombia. alvarodelgado17@yahoo.com
Cubillos
Diego
D
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*