A rare case of inferior vena cava syndrome secondary to compression by a biliary stent

Gastrointest Endosc. 2015 Apr;81(4):1034; discussion 1034-5. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2014.11.003. Epub 2015 Jan 28.

Authors

Saurabh Sethi¹, Sumeet Tewani¹, Jeffrey Mosko¹, Ivana Dzeletovic¹, Mandeep S Sawhney¹

Affiliation

¹ Center for Advanced Endoscopy, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 25636196
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2014.11.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bile Ducts
Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde
Constriction, Pathologic / diagnostic imaging
Constriction, Pathologic / etiology
Constriction, Pathologic / therapy
Device Removal
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Self Expandable Metallic Stents / adverse effects*
Syndrome
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging*