Caval umbrella causing obstructive uropathy.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 49-year-old woman had a vena caval filters inserted having suffered multiple pulmonary emboli and a large upper gastrointestinal bleed. She re-presented five years later with loin pain and obstructive uropathy. She was found to have a right pelvi-ureteric obstruction due to inferior vena caval wall perforation from the vena caval filter.
Medical subject headings
- Ureteral Obstruction
- Vena Cava Filters