Diagnosis: Chronically embedded IVC filter and chronic left | Figure 1

Diagnosis

Chronically embedded IVC filter and chronic left iliofemoral venous occlusion. 55 Year old man with a chronically embedded OptEase IVC filter and left iliefemoral venous occlusion now status post successful IVC filter removal utilizing wire loop and laser retrieval methods and venous recanalization, plasty, and stent placement requiring a novel technique for attaining through and through RIJV- LCFV access. (Courtesy of Dr. Erin Moody from Stanford University)

Related Cases

  1. 52-year-old male with IVC occlusion by TRAPEASE filter placed 25 years prior prophylacticly because of traumatic accident. IVC flow re-established with overlapping WALLSTENTs in a "two tunnel" fashion. Patient placed on anticoagulant and discharged.

  2. Pt came for removal of IVC filter today. Needless to say, it was left in.

  3. IVC filter retrieval. What’s wrong with this picture? #IVC-Filter

  4. IVC thrombosis has developed below indwelling Optease IVC filter, extending below the common iliac veins. A plethora of abdominopelvic collateral pathways have developed. IVC filter retrieval followed by cavo-iliac reconstruction.

Additional Cases of Interest

  1. A 52-year-old man presented with a 20-minute history of chest pain radiating to the left shoulder and neck.

  2. A 28-year-old woman presented with a 3-day history of intense pruritus over the lower back.

  3. A 4-month-old male infant presented with skin lesions localized to the chin for the past 3 days.

  4. patient in late teens presenting after a collapse, no chest pain, no previous cardiac history.