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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2019; 29(02): 223-225
DOI: 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_353_18
Case Report

Venous reflux into renal and spinal veins on MDCT in a surviving patient

Sumana Bingi
Departments of Radiodiagnosis and 1Medicine, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India
,
Sahaja Kanugula
Departments of Radiodiagnosis and 1Medicine, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India
,
Swarupa Keerthipati
Departments of Radiodiagnosis and 1Medicine, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India
,
Kalyani Bankupalli
Departments of Radiodiagnosis and 1Medicine, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India
,
Balakrishna Gowdu Thimmoji
Departments of Radiodiagnosis and 1Medicine, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India
,
Rajanikanth Rao Vedula
Departments of Radiodiagnosis and 1Medicine, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Abstract

In patients of cardiac arrest or near death, opacification of inferior vena cava and renal veins during the arterial phase of intravenous contrast administration at computed tomography (CT) examination is well known. We present a case of extensive reflux into renal and spinal veins in a patient who survived for 1 week following multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) examination without any life supporting devices.

Keywords

Cardiac arrest - computed tomography - contrast pooling - CT contrast media


Publication History

Article published online:
22 July 2021

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