Agenesis of the renal segment of inferior vena cava associated with venous stasis.
Congenital anomalies of the inferior vena cava is an extremely rare vascular anomaly with controversial pathogenesis. Anomalies of the inferior vena cava (IVC) are present in 0.3% to 0.5% of otherwise healthy individual and in 0.6% to 2% of patients with other cardiovascular defects. The phenomenon of absence of the IVC has been described in a variety of ways such as absence, agenesis, anomalous, and interruption of a particular segment ([infra] hepatic, prerenal, renal, or infrarenal) of the IVC. We describe a 42-year-old man with chronic venous insufficiency, without DVT, caused by congenital absence of renal segment of the IVC.
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Biomedical Department of Internal and Special Medicine (Di.Bi.M.I.S.), "P. Giaccone" University Hospital,University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy. milio@unipa.it
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D000328:Adult; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004145:Diosmin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D053828:Stockings, Compression; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy
D002317:Cardiovascular Agents; D004145:Diosmin