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Fracture of a Retrievable Inferior Vena Cava Filter Placed for Cancer-associated Thrombosis in a Patient with Malignant Lymphoma

Venous thromboembolism occurs in prothrombotic states, such as malignancy. To prevent fatal pulmonary thromboembolism, an indwelling inferior vena cava (IVC) filter is considered in addition to anticoagulation therapy. We herein report a case of fracture of a retrievable IVC filter in a malignant ly...

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Autores principales: Nishikawa, Tatsuya, Oka, Toru, Shioyama, Wataru, Kashimoto, Kimiaki, Yasui, Taku, Oboshi, Makiko, Kamada, Risa, Fujita, Masashi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7086331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31735791
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.3671-19