Severe Lower Extremity Edema Caused by Inferior Vena Cava Metallic Clip and Enlarged Uterine Fibroids

JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2016 Oct 10;9(19):e197-e198. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.06.048. Epub 2016 Sep 14.

Authors

Syed Yaseen Naqvi¹, Muhammad Raza², Daniel J McCormick²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: syed.naqvi2@uphs.upenn.edu.
² Department of Cardiology, Pennsylvania Hospital, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 27639903
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2016.06.048

No abstract available

Keywords: Adams-DeWeese clip; iliac vein compression; inferior vena cava stenting; uterine fibroids; venous stasis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Edema / etiology*
Female
Humans
Iliac Vein
Leg / pathology
Leiomyoma / complications*
Surgical Instruments*
Uterine Neoplasms / complications*
Vena Cava, Inferior / surgery*
Venous Thrombosis / prevention & control