Caval umbrella causing obstructive uropathy.
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A 49-year-old woman had a vena caval filters inserted having suffered multiple pulmonary emboli and a large upper gastrointestinal bleed. She re-presented five years later with loin pain and obstructive uropathy. She was found to have a right pelvi-ureteric obstruction due to inferior vena caval wall perforation from the vena caval filter.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 72 846 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996