Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Congenital absence of inferior vena cava and thrombosis: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Open Access Congenital absence of inferior vena cava and thrombosis a case report Javaid Iqbal 1 and Eswarappa Nagaraju2 Address 1Dept Gastroenterology Gastroenterology Unit Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS trust Whinney Heys Road Blackpool Lancashire FY3 8NR UK and 2Department of Radiology East Lancashire NHS Trust Burnley General Hospital Casterton Avenue Burnley BB10 2PQ UK Email Javaid Iqbal - javaid55@ EswarappaNagaraju - Corresponding author Published 12 February 2008 Received 17 October 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 46 doi 1752-1947-2-46 Accepted 12 February 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 46 2008 Iqbal and Nagaraju licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction A congenitally absent Inferior Vena Cava IVC is a rare anomaly that is recognised to be associated with idiopathic Deep Venous Thrombosis DVT particularly in the young. It may not be apparent until later in life. Retrospectively as discussed in this case there can be clues indicating the presence of such an anomaly from a young age. However it is not clear whether early recognition of this condition would affect the prognosis and treatment. Case presentation A 54 year old gentleman was admitted with 3 weeks of abdominal pain and localised swelling over the right flank. Examination revealed palpable snake-like tortuous tender lumps on the abdominal wall. Past history revealed chronic non-healing venous leg ulcers and varicose veins necessitating varicose vein ligation at a very young age. The ulcers eventually needed skin grafting. During this current admission .
