A case of invisible vena cava filter: Can intravascular implants always be identified?

Ulutas Med J. 2015; 1(2): 44-46

doi: 10.5455/umj.20150607112925

Hamit Serdar Basbug, Macit Bitargil, Kanat Ozisik.

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The patient admitted with the signs and symptoms of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) was diagnosed and hospitalized for inferior vena cava (IVC) filter implantation preceding a pharmaco-mechanical thrombolysis. Despite the lack of a preoperative history and a radiological finding resembling an IVC filter, intraoperative fluoroscopy revealed a previously implanted permanent device. The present case is showing that some IVC filters may be hard to be visualized preoperatively in the roentgenogram. Key words: Venous thrombosis; inferior vena cava; vena cava filters