Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: A man in his 40s with a medical history of acute pulmonary thromboembolism due to protein C deficiency, for which an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter had been permanently placed 12 years previously, presented with persistent epigastric pain.Routine follow-up showed decreased protein C levels.However, abdominal ultrasonography revealed the migration of an IVC filter into the abdominal cavity (Picture 1A), and computed tomography indicated that 1 of the filter legs protruded into the duodenal horizontal segment.Subsequent esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed transmu-
Source: Internal Medicine
Authors: Yuya Ando, Koji Maruta, Shigeaki Aono
Institution: Self-Defense Forces Central Hospital
Language: English
Subfield: Surgery
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4402564370