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Giant Symptomatic Aneurysm of the Inferior Vena Cava V. Makaloski *, J. Schmidli Division of Vascular Surgery, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Bern, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland
This 16-year old girl presented with acute abdominal pain and nausea after a syncope. The emergency computed tomography scan showed a large mass in the right abdomen, as well as perfusion defects in kidneys, spleen, and lungs. No history of blunt abdominal trauma was registered. Emergency surgery reconfirmed the suspected vena cava aneurysm (13 3 11 3 7 cm), which was partially filled with thrombus. After aneurysm resection and reconstruction with a patch-plasty, open pulmonary embolectomy and closure of the patent foramen ovale was performed to prevent further paradoxical embolisation. Histological findings pointed towards a potential congenital vascular malformation.
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[email protected] (V. Makaloski). 1078-5884/Ó 2014 European Society for Vascular Surgery. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2014.09.002