Pulmonary embolism associated with inferior vena cava interruption: multidetector computed tomography findings.

J Thorac Imaging

Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Songpa-gu, Seoul, Korea.

Published: November 2010

We report a patient with congenital interruption of the inferior vena cava complicated by pulmonary embolism. In this study, we review the clinical and imaging features of this entity and also present a review of the literature on this topic. This rare pulmonary embolism complication can be easily detected on multidetector computed tomography using a wider scan range.

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