Inferior vena cava syndrome due to Echinococcus multilocularis

Isabelle Anne Rossi; Dominique Delay; Salah Dine Qanadli; Andres Jaussi

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00892.x

Inferior vena cava syndrome due to Echinococcus multilocularis

Echocardiography. 2009 Aug;26(7):842-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00892.x.

Authors

Isabelle Anne Rossi¹, Dominique Delay, Salah Dine Qanadli, Andres Jaussi

Affiliation

¹ Medical Outpatient Clinic, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

PMID: 19552672
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00892.x

Abstract

Alveolar echinococcosis is an invasive, tumor-like zoonosis, accidentally transmitted to humans. We present a case of recurrent inferior vena cava (IVC) syndrome due to alveolar echinococcosis and strongly suspected on transthoracic echocardiographic examination.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Animals
Budd-Chiari Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
Echinococcosis, Hepatic / complications*
Echinococcosis, Hepatic / diagnostic imaging*
Echinococcus multilocularis*
Echocardiography / methods*
Female
Humans
Syndrome
Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging*