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congenital absence of inferior vena cava

Epidemiology: - rare Clinical manifestations: - deep vein thrombosis - chronic non-healing venous leg ulcers - varicose veins - may not present until adulthood Radiology: - abdominal CT

General

congenital anomaly (birth defect) venous disease; venopathy hypercoagulability

References

  1. Iqbal J and Nagaraju E Congenital absence of inferior vena cava and thrombosis: a case report. J Med Case Reports. 2008; 2: 46 MID: 18269760 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2262908/