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01-10-2021 | Phlebothrombosis | CE - MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION
Inferior vena cava atresia presenting with bilateral deep-vein thrombosis in a 53-years-old male: it’s never too late
Published in: Internal and Emergency Medicine | Issue 7/2021
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A healthy 53 year-old-male presented with diffuse, bilateral, lower-extremity pain and swelling (Fig. 1). He denied prior trauma, surgery or others risk factors for thrombosis. He reported intense physical exercise for a moving-house 2 weeks before the index event. Past medical history was unremarkable.
Fig. 1
Axial and coronal contrast enhanced computerized tomography (TC) scans of abdomen: a, b Dilatation of azygos (red arrow) and emiazygos (blue arrow); c Enlarged retroperitoneal paralumbar veins (green arrow); d, e Trombosis of iliac veins (white arrow); f Multiple collateral vessels in the region of infrarenal IVC; g Bilateral swelling of lower limbs
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