Deadly right flank pain: inferior vena cava spontaneous rupture

Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Oct;34(10):2050.e1-2050.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.02.055. Epub 2016 Feb 27.

Authors

Zeynep Karakaya¹, Erden Erol Ünlüer², Ayşen Ersan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, Katip Çelebi University, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital İzmir, Turkey. Electronic address: zeynepkarakaya76@hotmail.com.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, Katip Çelebi University, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital İzmir, Turkey.

PMID: 26976772
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.02.055

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Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Aortic Rupture / complications
Aortic Rupture / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Rupture / surgery
Diagnostic Errors
Emergency Service, Hospital
Fatal Outcome
Flank Pain / etiology*
Humans
Male
Peripheral Vascular Diseases / complications
Peripheral Vascular Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Peripheral Vascular Diseases / surgery
Renal Colic / diagnosis
Rupture, Spontaneous / complications
Rupture, Spontaneous / diagnostic imaging
Rupture, Spontaneous / surgery
Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging*
Vena Cava, Inferior / surgery