title: Acute wiiitis representing as thrombosis of the inferior vena cava and left pelvic veins.
abstract: Deep venous thrombosis as a result of venous wall injury provoked by trauma is a common finding. It often occurs in patients with sportive overstraining, caused by over fatigue of the body structures. In 2007, the entity of "acute wiiitis" was first described in a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine. Acute wiiitis sums up all affections, mainly skeletal and muscle affections, provoked by playing Nintendo Wii, a very common and loved video-game system. Deep venous thrombosis as a consequence of Nintendo Wii has not been described so far. We present a patient with a massive free floating thrombus of the left pelvic veins originating from the gluteal veins and reaching into the inferior vena cava after playing Nintendo Wii.
authors.affiliation: Division of Angiology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria marianne.brodmann@medunigraz.at.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brodmann
authors.affiliation: Division of Angiology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gary
authors.affiliation: Division of Angiology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hafner
authors.affiliation: Division of Angiology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eller
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Deutschmann
authors.affiliation: Division of Angiology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pilger
authors.affiliation: Division of Angiology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Seinost
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010388:Pelvis / Q000098:blood supply*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000473:pathology*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D018910:Video Games / Q000009:adverse effects*
keywords: Acute wiitis; Nintendo Wii; deep venous thrombosis; trauma