Get off my back! Inferior vena cava filter erosion into the lumbar spine

BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Jun 6;12(6):e230317. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-230317.
No abstract available

Keywords: haematology (drugs and medicines); haematology (incl blood transfusion); venous thromboembolism.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Antithrombins / therapeutic use
  • Dabigatran / therapeutic use
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lower Extremity / blood supply
  • Lower Extremity / diagnostic imaging
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging*
  • Vena Cava Filters
  • Venous Thromboembolism / diagnostic imaging*
  • Venous Thromboembolism / drug therapy

Substances

  • Antithrombins
  • Dabigatran