Undiagnosed iliocaval thrombosis leading to acquired inferior vena cava atresia
Key points A 57-year-old man presented to the emergency department with back and right upper quadrant abdominal pain that progressed to painful right leg swelling over a few days. His vital signs at presentation were blood pressure of 154/102 mm Hg, heart rate of 119 beats/min, temperature of 35.9°
Authors
- Andrew D. Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5389-308X)
- Εleni Andreou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0405-0350)
- Jimin Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-0610-4003)
- Chia‐Lin Tseng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3700-0886)
Institutions
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Toronto East General Hospital (CA)
- Brown Computer Company (United States) (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Medical Association Journal
- Published
- 2025-06-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.241431
- Primary Topic
- Vascular anomalies and interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00