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- Title
Pediatric child abuse victim with posttraumatic inferior vena cava thrombosis.
- Authors
Goodpasture, Meggan L; Zeller, Kristen A; Petty, John K
- Abstract
Posttraumatic inferior vena cava thrombosis (IVCT) is very rare, with only a few cases reported in the literature. While thromboembolism as a result of trauma is common in adult patients, it is very rare in young children and seldom involves the inferior vena cava. We report the youngest patient to date with IVCT and the only child reported whose findings are the result of child physical abuse. The diagnosis can be challenging both clinically and radiographically. Additionally, the risks of morbidity and even mortality associated with an IVCT if untreated are significant.
- Publication
Pediatric surgery international, 2014, Vol 30, Issue 5, p569
- ISSN
1437-9813
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00383-014-3487-9