Venographic Findings at Retrieval of Inferior Vena Cava Filters
Christoph A. Binkert1,
Megan Chew Morash1 and
Jonathan D. Gates2
1 Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School,
75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115.
2 Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School,
Boston, MA.

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Fig. 1A 56-year-old woman who had undergone resection of carotid cavernous
fistula and received inferior vena cava filter after detection of peroneal
deep venous thrombosis. Venogram at retrieval shows large clot trapped in
filter.
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Fig. 1B 56-year-old woman who had undergone resection of carotid cavernous
fistula and received inferior vena cava filter after detection of peroneal
deep venous thrombosis. Follow-up venogram shows clot has dissolved. Patient
wanted to keep filter.
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Fig. 2A 56-year-old man who received inferior vena cava (IVC) filter because
of severe epistaxis during anticoagulation for pulmonary embolism. Arrowhead
indicates inflow of right renal vein. Venogram before retrieval shows filter
tilted to IVC wall (arrow).
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Fig. 2B 56-year-old man who received inferior vena cava (IVC) filter because
of severe epistaxis during anticoagulation for pulmonary embolism. Arrowhead
indicates inflow of right renal vein. Venogram after retrieval shows stenosis
present where tip (arrow) of filter had been.
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Fig. 2C 56-year-old man who received inferior vena cava (IVC) filter because
of severe epistaxis during anticoagulation for pulmonary embolism. Arrowhead
indicates inflow of right renal vein. Follow-up venogram shows normal
findings.
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Fig. 3A 47-year-old male trauma patient who received inferior vena cava
filter for intracranial hemorrhage and multiple fractures. Venogram before
retrieval shows filling defect around filter tip (arrow).
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Fig. 3B 47-year-old male trauma patient who received inferior vena cava
filter for intracranial hemorrhage and multiple fractures. Venogram after
retrieval shows irregular stenosis (arrow) remains.
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Fig. 3C 47-year-old male trauma patient who received inferior vena cava
filter for intracranial hemorrhage and multiple fractures. Follow-up venogram
shows stenosis but with smoother contour (arrow) than in
B.
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Fig. 4A 33-year-old woman who had undergone intracranial aneurysm clipping
received inferior vena cava (IVC) filter for recent pulmonary embolism.
Venogram after filter retrieval, which required increased force, shows sharply
delineated IVC wall abnormality with small amount of contrast material
(arrow) outside IVC lumen. Arrowhead indicates indentation of right
common iliac artery.
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Fig. 4B 33-year-old woman who had undergone intracranial aneurysm clipping
received inferior vena cava (IVC) filter for recent pulmonary embolism.
Photograph of explanted Günther Tulip (Cook Incorporated) filter shows
residual tissue (arrows) that has grown between legs and secondary
wire.
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Fig. 4C 33-year-old woman who had undergone intracranial aneurysm clipping
received inferior vena cava (IVC) filter for recent pulmonary embolism.
Follow-up venogram shows IVC irregularity is no longer visible. Arrowhead
indicates indentation of right common iliac artery.
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