Chronic abdominal pain and upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to duodenal perforation caused by migrated inferior vena cava filter--a case report

John C Mansour; Fred T Lee Jr; Herbert Chen; William D Turnipseed; Sharon M Weber

doi:10.1177/153857440403800412

Chronic abdominal pain and upper gastrointestinal bleeding due to duodenal perforation caused by migrated inferior vena cava filter--a case report

Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2004 Jul-Aug;38(4):381-4. doi: 10.1177/153857440403800412.

Authors

John C Mansour¹, Fred T Lee Jr, Herbert Chen, William D Turnipseed, Sharon M Weber

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI 53792, USA.

PMID: 15306958
DOI: 10.1177/153857440403800412

Abstract

The authors describe an unusual case of a 41-year-old man presenting with chronic abdominal pain and gastrointestinal bleeding caused by a migrated inferior vena cava filter eroding into the duodenum.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology*
Adult
Chronic Disease
Duodenal Diseases / etiology*
Foreign-Body Migration / complications*
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / etiology*
Humans
Intestinal Perforation / etiology*
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vena Cava Filters / adverse effects*