title: Implications of a 5-liter urinary bladder: inferior vena cava syndrome leading to bilateral pulmonary artery emboli.
abstract: Compression of the inferior vena cava by the distended urinary bladder is rare but is usually found in the presence of lower extremity edema. Here, we present the case of a 68-year-old man found to have multiple pulmonary emboli as the first manifestation of inferior vena cava compression from a distended urinary bladder 5 L in capacity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Vidit
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.
authors.forename: Barry B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: McGuire
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. Electronic address: r-nadler@northwestern.edu.
authors.forename: Robert B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Nadler
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003558:Cystoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014546:Urinary Catheterization; D016055:Urinary Retention / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*