Chiari network entrapment of thromboemboli: congenital inferior vena cava filter

Ann Thorac Surg. 1990 Feb;49(2):317-8. doi: 10.1016/0003-4975(90)90161-x.

Abstract

Pulmonary emboli and a right atrial thrombus enmeshed in a Chiari network developed concurrently in a 69-year-old man. The network perhaps functioned as an inferior vena cava filter preventing massive pulmonary embolus. Chiari network should be considered in the differential diagnosis of a right atrial mass and the presence of pulmonary emboli should suggest surgical removal.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Heart Atria / abnormalities
  • Heart Atria / pathology
  • Heart Diseases / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Embolism / complications*
  • Thrombosis / complications*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / pathology