Deep venous thrombosis in a young woman with hypoplastic inferior vena cava.
We present a 33-year-old woman with deep venous thrombosis of the left iliac vein and the left lower limb. A computed tomography scan of her abdomen revealed a hypoplastic inferior vena cava and agenesis of the right kidney. Congenital anomalies of the inferior vena cava are uncommon and are sometimes an unrecognized cause of deep venous thrombosis.
Department of Vascular Surgery, Saint Elisabeth, Zottegem's General Hospital, Zottegem, Belgium. Electronic address: matthias.lavens@student.kuleuven.be.
Matthias
M
Lavens
Department of Vascular Surgery, Saint Elisabeth, Zottegem's General Hospital, Zottegem, Belgium.
Boudewijn
B
Moors
Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sarah
S
Thomis
D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D007668:Kidney / Q000002:abnormalities; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D054079:Vascular Malformations / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
D000925:Anticoagulants