Kouroukis C, Leclerc J R
Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Montreal General Hospital, Quebec, Canada.
Chest. 1996 Apr;109(4):1111-3. doi: 10.1378/chest.109.4.1111.
Congenital anomalies of the inferior vena cava (IVC) are common and usually of little clinical significance. We report the unusual cases of two patients with pulmonary embolism from thrombosis of part of a duplicated IVC. Both caval anomalies were easily identified with ultrasound, and the patients were successfully treated with anticoagulants. We encourage the reporting of similar cases since knowledge of the contribution of IVC duplication to thromboembolic disease is unknown.
下腔静脉（IVC）先天性异常很常见，通常临床意义不大。我们报告了两例因部分重复IVC血栓形成导致肺栓塞的罕见病例。两种腔静脉异常均通过超声轻松识别，患者接受抗凝治疗后成功治愈。由于IVC重复对血栓栓塞性疾病的影响尚不清楚，我们鼓励报告类似病例。
