Inferior vena cava thrombosis in a pediatric patient of amebic liver abscess

Anubhav Gupta; Anjan Kumar Dhua; Mansoor Ahmed Siddiqui; Badamutlang Dympep; Vijay Grover; Vijay Kumar Gupta; Amita Sen

doi:10.4103/0971-9261.107016

Inferior vena cava thrombosis in a pediatric patient of amebic liver abscess

J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg. 2013 Jan;18(1):33-5. doi: 10.4103/0971-9261.107016.

Authors

Anubhav Gupta¹, Anjan Kumar Dhua, Mansoor Ahmed Siddiqui, Badamutlang Dympep, Vijay Grover, Vijay Kumar Gupta, Amita Sen

Affiliation

¹ Department of CTVS, PGIMER and Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Abstract

Amebic liver abscess (ALA) in pediatric age group is rare. We describe a successful thrombectomy and open drainage of a large left lobe ALA associated with thrombus in the hepatic veins and inferior vena cava extending into the right atrium in a 6-year-old boy.

Keywords: Amebic liver abscess; Budd–Chiari syndrome; inferior vena cava thrombus.

Publication types

Case Reports