Abdominal pain: a presentation of a vena cava aplasia complicated by thrombosis

Emerg Radiol. 2009 Jul;16(4):323-6. doi: 10.1007/s10140-008-0745-y. Epub 2008 Aug 23.

Abstract

This case report describes a young man presenting with iliac fossa pain secondary to iliac vein thrombus due to inferior vena cava aplasia. No other identifiable risk factor or cause for deep vein thrombosis was demonstrated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / diagnosis*
  • Abdominal Pain / etiology*
  • Angiography
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Iliac Vein*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vena Cava, Inferior*
  • Venous Thrombosis / complications*
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis*
  • Venous Thrombosis / drug therapy
  • Warfarin / therapeutic use
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Warfarin