[Calcified bullet thrombus of the inferior vena cava and left renal vein in an adult]

A Leclerc; F-X Lapébie; F Thuillier; P Lacroix

doi:10.1016/j.jmv.2016.05.010

[Calcified bullet thrombus of the inferior vena cava and left renal vein in an adult]

J Mal Vasc. 2016 Jul;41(4):294-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jmv.2016.05.010. Epub 2016 Jun 22.

[Article in French]

Authors

A Leclerc¹, F-X Lapébie², F Thuillier³, P Lacroix⁴

Affiliations

¹ Service de cardiologie et maladies vasculaires, centre hospitalier Roland-Mazoin, 12, rue Châteaubriand, 87200 Saint-Junien, France. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Service de médecine vasculaire, hôpital universitaire Rangueil, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France.
³ Service de médecine interne, hôpital Roland-Mazoin, 87200 Saint-Junien, France.
⁴ Inserm UMR 1094, institut de neuroépidémiologie et neurologie tropicale, 87042 Limoges, France; Institut de neuroépidémiologie et neurologie tropicale, faculté de médicine, université de Limoges, 87042 Limoges, France; Service de chirurgie thoracique et cardiovasculaire et angiologie, hôpital universitaire Dupuytren, 87042 Limoges, France.

PMID: 27344300
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmv.2016.05.010

Abstract

Calcifications are rarely located within the inferior vena cava and the renal veins. The etiology is poorly understood and the prognosis is uncertain. We report a case in a 55-year-old man.

Keywords: Calcification vasculaire; Inferior vena cava; Renal vein; Vascular calcification; Veine cave inférieure; Veine rénale.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Blood Pressure
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Renal Veins* / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vascular Calcification / diagnosis*
Vascular Calcification / physiopathology
Vena Cava, Inferior* / diagnostic imaging