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SM Vascular Medicine

A Very Rare Case of a 15-Year-Old Inferior Vena Cava Filter with Erosion to T12 Corpus Vertebrae

[ ISSN : 3067-9958 ]

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Received: 15-Jun-2022

Accepted: 20-Jul-2022

Published: 25-Jul-2022

Case Report | Volume 4 - Issue 1 | Article DOI :

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Ahmad Behzadpour1*, and Kayvan Kani2

1American University of the Caribbean, School of Medicine, FL, USA

2Department of Medicine, Eisenhower Health, CA, USA

Corresponding Author:

Ahmad Behzadpour. American University of the Caribbean, School of Medicine, FL, USA, Tel: 321-5321098

Keywords

IVCF complication; DVT; Anticoagulation

Abstract

A patient with extensive abdominal and pelvic procedures following a motor vehicle accident who had Inferior Vena Cava Filter (IVCF) implantation due to contraindication to other anticoagulation therapies presents with severe lower abdominal and back pain, fever, left lower extremity, and subsequent right lower extremity swelling. Venous Doppler ultrasound revealed extensive deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the left lower extremity. In addition, the abdominal CT scan illustrated suspicious erosion of IVCF to the T12 vertebral body. This case report focuses on erosion and invasion of a prolonged-dwelled IVCF to adjacent organs as a long-term complication. Our patient had the IVCF for 15 years, the longest dwell time reported in the literature.

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Behzadpour A, Kani K (2022) A Very Rare Case of a 15-Year-Old Inferior Vena Cava Filter With Erosion to T12 Corpus Vertebrae. SM Vasc Med 4: 3.