Duplex Doppler ultrasound evaluation of calcified inferior vena cava thrombosis

J P Uglietta; W W Woodruff; E L Effmann; B A Carroll

doi:10.1007/BF02386846

Duplex Doppler ultrasound evaluation of calcified inferior vena cava thrombosis

Pediatr Radiol. 1989;19(4):250-2. doi: 10.1007/BF02386846.

Authors

J P Uglietta¹, W W Woodruff, E L Effmann, B A Carroll

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.

PMID: 2664689
DOI: 10.1007/BF02386846

Abstract

We describe the use of duplex Doppler ultrasound in the noninvasive assessment of inferior vena cava patency and abdominal venous flow dynamics in a four month old infant with calcified inferior vena cava thrombosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Calcinosis / diagnosis*
Calcinosis / physiopathology
Humans
Infant
Male
Regional Blood Flow
Thrombosis / diagnosis*
Thrombosis / physiopathology
Ultrasonography*
Vascular Patency
Vena Cava, Inferior / pathology*