Asymptomatic lumbar vertebral erosion from inferior vena cava filter perforation. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 2007;30(3):494-6
Date
02/06/2007Pubmed ID
17278037DOI
10.1007/s00270-006-0001-3Scopus ID
2-s2.0-34247108774 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 3 CitationsAbstract
In 2002, a 24-year-old female trauma patient underwent prophylactic inferior vena cava filter placement. Recurrent bouts of renal stones prompted serial CT imaging in 2004. In this brief report, we describe erosion and ossification of the L3 vertebral body by a Greenfield filter strut.
Author List
Fang W, Hieb RA, Olson E, Carrera GFAuthor
Robert A. Hieb MD, RVT, FSIR Professor in the Radiology department at Medical College of WisconsinMESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
AdultEquipment Design
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Foreign-Body Migration
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Lumbar Vertebrae
Multiple Trauma
Ossification, Heterotopic
Postoperative Complications
Tomography, Spiral Computed
Vena Cava Filters