Congenital vena cava inferior agenesis: Thrombosis of the deep veins of the lower extremities with concomitant iliac, portal and mesenteric vein thrombosis

Phlebologie

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 128-130

  Zaniewski, Maciej ^a   Urbanek, T ^a   Kostecki, J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Vena cava agenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGENESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN THROMBOSIS; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN AGENESIS; MALE; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 4544274954     PISSN: 0939978X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0037-1617287     Document Type: Article

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