Catheter interventional therapy in an elderly patient with deep vein thrombosis and a brain tumor |
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Authors: | Sakai Kenya Ochiai Hiroyuki Katayama Norihiko Nakamura Kenji Arataki Keiko Kido Tamako Iwamoto Hiroshi Nakamura Satoe Nakanishi Toshio |
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Institution: | Department of Internal Medicine, Kure City Medical Association Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan. |
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Abstract: | A 92-year-old woman with a brain tumor developed swelling of the left lower extremity. Venography showed considerable thrombi from the left common iliac vein to the femoral vein. Following implantation of a temporary inferior vena cava filter, catheter aspiration therapy and catheter-directed thrombolysis were performed. Venography after 3 days showed disappearance of the thrombi and an improvement in vein flow. A permanent inferior vena cava filter was implanted. Local intensive thrombectomy and thrombolysis by catheter together with a temporary inferior vena cava filter were effective treatments in this elderly patient with deep vein thrombosis. |
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