title: Penetration of a fractured Bird's Nest filter strut into the liver parenchyma: report of two cases.
abstract: This report deals with two rare but similar cases of asymptomatic fracture of a Bird's Nest inferior vena cava (IVC) filter strut, penetrated into the liver parenchyma. Follow-up over 4 and 6 years, respectively, could not reveal any changes in the position of the fragmented strut in the liver parenchyma or any evidence of clinical symptoms owing to the migrated strut fragment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium. geert.maleux@uzleuven.be
authors.forename: Geert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maleux
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heye
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Verhamme
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vaninbroukx
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delcroix
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016306:Vena Cava Filters / Q000009:adverse effects*