title: High inferior vena cava thrombosis in a 16-year-old postpartum patient: a case report.
abstract: Postpartum inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombosis is a rare, but potentially life-threatening disorder. Here we reported one case of the youngest woman to date who presented with massive IVC thrombus extending from deep veins of the right leg to the level of the 11th thoracic vertebra, associated with asymptomatic pulmonary embolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovasology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 201600, China.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovasology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 201600, China. shouyangp@yahoo.com.cn.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.affiliation: Department of General Intensive Care Unit, Songjiang Branch to Shanghai First People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 201600, China.
authors.forename: Wanhua
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*