Discussion The patient's pain, edema, cholestatic liver enzymes, renovascular hypertension
and proteinuria on presentation were due to an extensive thrombosis of the inferior vena …

A 56-year-old woman presented to Accident and Emergency with a gradual onset shortness
of breath and pleuritic chest pain. D-dimer was elevated at 3.43 mg/l, electrocardiography …

The anomalies of the inferior vena cava (IVC) have an incidence between 0.2 and 1% in the
general population [1]. The normal average diameter of the IVC is 17.5 mm (up to 25 mm …

A30-year-old woman was admitted to our hos-pital in October 1996 for investigation of a
mild thrombocytopenia (platelets: 50 109/L) which had been present in previous check-ups …

This report describes a unique case of a healthy man in his 30s, who presented with
progressive unilateral leg swelling with no common risk factors identified. Two days prior to …

A 60-year old man presented to our unit for iterative episodes of lipothymia and prominent
superficial collateral venous circulation of the trunk (Figure 1a) after he was lost to follow-up …

A 19-year-old man presented with a few weeks history of weight loss, a few days history of
pain and swelling in both his lower limbs and prominent veins in his abdominal wall (top) …

A 45-year-old previously well male truck driver presented to the emergency department with
severe low back pain; lumbosacral X-ray was normal and he was given analgaesics and …

We present the case of a fit and well 20-year-old gentleman who presented to our
emergency department with unilateral lower limb pain and swelling. Subsequent imaging …

We read with interest the article entitled “Inferior vena cava thrombosis in young adults–a
review of two cases” by McAree et al. in the May 2009 Journal 1. In addition to the …