Infected aortic pseudoaneurysm caused by an inferior vena cava filter.

Background: Inferior vena cava filters are widely used to prevent pulmonary embolism, but they can cause serious complications.

Case Presentation: A 45-year-old man with multiple abscesses was transferred to the emergency department from another hospital. Computed tomography revealed bilateral subscapular abscesses, septic pulmonary embolism, and an abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm with an abscess at the site of the inferior vena cava filter limb inserted 12 years before.

Trunk deformity evaluation based on 3D measurements of front body surface landmarks in people with severe physical disabilities.

Purpose: To assess reliability and validity of a trunk deformity evaluation method expressed as rotational and lateral lean angles between the upper and the lower trunk and between the lower trunk and the pelvis using 3D positions of six front body surface landmarks.

Methods: Inter- and intra-rater reliabilities of the proposed method in adults with typical development (n = 22) were assessed, and its validity was also assessed through correlations between the Cobb angle and the analyzed trunk deformity parameters in adults with severe physical disabilities (n = 22).

Results: The mean differences between two raters and between the initial and second measures were within 2°.