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Deep venous thrombosis caused by congenital absence of inferior vena cava, combined with hyperhomocysteinemia.
Annals of vascular surgery - 1 Jan 2004
Yun Sang Seob, Kim Ji Il, Kim Kee Hwan, Sung Gi Young, Lee Do Sang, Kim Jeong Soo, Moon In Sung, Lim Keun Woo, Koh Young Bok
Abstract excerpt
We present a case of suprarenal and infrarenal absence of the inferior vena cava, combined with hyperhomocysteinemia in a 39-year-old woman who presented with symptoms of deep venous thrombosis. The patient also had a homozygous mutation of C677T methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase. Deep vein thrombosis has a multifactorial etiology involving both genetic and acquired factors. Absence of the inferior vena cava is...
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