Mesoaortic compression of a left-sided inferior vena-cava presenting as recurrent pulmonary embolism in a child-a novel anatomic thrombophilia?

Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Jun;65(6):e26986. doi: 10.1002/pbc.26986. Epub 2018 Jan 19.

Authors

Mary Frances Wedekind¹, Patrick Warren², Summit Shah², Riten Kumar¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, The Ohio State University, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
² Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Radiology, The Ohio State University, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.

PMID: 29350462
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.26986

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Mesenteric Arteries / pathology*
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis*
Recurrence
Thrombophilia / diagnosis*
Vena Cava, Inferior / pathology*