Background: Epidural venous congestion secondary to inferior vena cava (IVC) stenosis is a well-documented cause of low back pain and radiculopathy secondary to compressive effects from the epidural veins, decreased tissue perfusion, and resultant ischemia.
Methods: Single patient case report.
Case description: We report a unique case of a 62-year-old male with low back pain secondary to IVC stenosis from a chronically occluded IVC filter. The patient's pain resolved with endovascular removal of the occluded filter and recanalization of the IVC.
Conclusion: We demonstrated that by treating the underlying cause of secondary epidural venous engorgement (occluded IVC filter in this case), the patient experienced resolution of back pain and radiculopathy.
Keywords: Epidural venous engorgement; Inferior vena cava filter; Inferior vena cava thrombosis; Low back pain; Radicular pain.
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