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Abstract
Lateral vena caval displacement without caval obstruction occurs in a great majority
of patients with expanding abdominal aortic aneurysms. In the patient described in
this report, caval displacement was prevented by preexisting dense fibrous adhesions
which may have resulted from previous aneurysmal leaks. Symptomatic vena caval obstruction
occurred between the expanding aneurysm and the lateral adhesions. To our knowledge,
this represents the first angiographically proved case of vena caval obstruction caused
by aortic aneurysmal expansion.
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Publication history
Accepted:
February 11,
1974
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© 1974 Published by Elsevier Inc.
