Erschienen in:
01.12.2008 | Case Report
Inferior Vena Cava Syndrome and Morbid Obesity
verfasst von:
Nelson Guardiola Meinhardt, Kátia Elisabete Pires Souto, Alexis Vasiluk Knebel, Airton Tetelbom Stein
Erschienen in:
Obesity Surgery
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Ausgabe 12/2008
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Abstract
A case is reported of inferior vena cava syndrome in a patient with extreme obesity (BMI: >70 kg/m2), treated at a public hospital. The inferior vena cava obstruction was diagnosed during an attempt at inferior vena cava filter percutaneous insertion, in prebariatric surgery period. The diagnosis occurred after a hepatic scintillography, and was confirmed with a femoral venography and celiac trunk arteriography. The patient underwent a biliopancreatic diversion-duodenal switch and has lost weight. A venography 7 months after the surgery did not show any inferior vena cava rechanneling evidence.