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F:
Filling
defect of the superior vena cava
and brachiocepahlic vein.
H:
Adult
woman, 42-years-old, with rising JVP 5 days after abdominal surgery
INFO/WWW-LINKS:
Thrombosis is a common event in clincal medicine, e.g. caused by immobility.
Less commonly there is thrombosis resulting from hypercoagulability - e.g.
in cancer, inflammatory disorders, myeloproliferative disorders or in pregnancy.
Congenital reasons are e.g. Antithrombin III deficiency. Risk factors of thrombosis
of the inferior or superior vena cava are age, pregnancy, estrogen drugs,
surgery (especially pelvic surgery) previous DVT, malignancy, obesity and
immobility and especially in superior vena cava thromvosis central catheters.
D:
Thrombosis of the superior vena cava after total parenteral nutrition via central
catheter
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