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Aortic pseudoaneurysm after penetration by a Simon nitinol inferior vena cava filter.

Putterman D, Niman D, Cohen G

Department of Radiology, Temple University Hospital, 3401 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19140, USA. puttermd@yahoo.com

This report describes an unusual complication related to inferior vena cava (IVC) filter placement. A 50-year-old woman undergoing long-term anticoagulation presented to her primary care physician with abdominal pain after a motor vehicle accident. An IVC filter had been placed 7 years earlier. Computed tomography of the abdomen demonstrated a moderate perisplenic hematoma and a fragmented IVC filter penetrating the aorta. A small infrarenal aortic pseudoaneurysm had developed at the penetration site. Wallgraft placement successfully sealed the aneurysm.

Published 1 April 2005 in J Vasc Interv Radiol, 16(4): 535-8.
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