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CC BY 4.0 · TH Open 2018; 02(04): e369-e370
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1673391
Case Report
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus due to Left Inferior Vena Cava and Ulcerative Colitis

Hirofumi Arai
1   Department of Cardiology, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa City, Chiba, Japan
,
Akira Mizukami
1   Department of Cardiology, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa City, Chiba, Japan
,
Kenji Yoshioka
1   Department of Cardiology, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa City, Chiba, Japan
,
Shunsuke Kuroda
1   Department of Cardiology, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa City, Chiba, Japan
,
Ryota Iwatsuka
1   Department of Cardiology, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa City, Chiba, Japan
,
Tatsuya Hayashi
1   Department of Cardiology, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa City, Chiba, Japan
,
Shigeki Kimura
1   Department of Cardiology, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa City, Chiba, Japan
,
Akihiko Matsumura
1   Department of Cardiology, Kameda Medical Center, Kamogawa City, Chiba, Japan
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07 April 2018

23 August 2018

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24 October 2018 (online)

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Abstract

A 29-year-old man with diarrhea and abdominal pain for 2 weeks presented with new-onset left back pain. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) showed a left inferior vena cava (IVC) crossing over the aorta, and thrombus in the IVC and left renal vein. Colonoscopy and biopsy for assessment of diarrhea and abdominal pain provided a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis. Stasis of blood flow due to left IVC crossing over the aorta, and hypercoagulability due to ulcerative colitis influenced thrombus formation.

Keywords

venous thrombosis - thrombosis - hypercoagulability