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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 18
| Issue : 1 | Page : 33-35 |
Inferior vena cava thrombosis in a pediatric patient of amebic liver abscess
Anubhav Gupta1, Anjan Kumar Dhua2, Mansoor Ahmed Siddiqui1, Badamutlang Dympep2, Vijay Grover1, Vijay Kumar Gupta1, Amita Sen2
1 Department of CTVS, PGIMER and Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Pediatric Surgery, PGIMER and Dr. RML Hospital, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Anjan Kumar Dhua
Department of Pediatric Surgery, PGIMER, and Dr. RML Hospital, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0971-9261.107016
Amebic liver abscess (ALA) in pediatric age group is rare. We describe a successful thrombectomy and open drainage of a large left lobe ALA associated with thrombus in the hepatic veins and inferior vena cava extending into the right atrium in a 6-year-old boy.
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