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Thrombosed interrupted inferior vena cava and retroaortic left renal vein mimicking retroperitoneal neoplasm

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Anomalies of the inferior vena cava (IVC) have been recognized as one of the predisposing factors for deep vein thrombosis. Rarely, thrombosis of an anomalous retroperitoneal vein may resemble a soft tissue mass. Awareness of this fact helps preventing unnecessary interventions. We report a case of thrombosis of retroaortic left renal vein and interrupted IVC that mimicked a retroperitoneal neoplasm.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Sevdenur Cizginer, Servet Tatli, Jeffrey Girshman, Joshua A. Beckman & Stuart G. Silverman

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Cizginer, S., Tatli, S., Girshman, J. et al. Thrombosed interrupted inferior vena cava and retroaortic left renal vein mimicking retroperitoneal neoplasm. Abdom Imaging 32, 403–406 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00261-006-9052-9

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