Open AccessInferior vena cava thrombosis in a pediatric patient of amebic liver abscess
Author(s) -
Anubhav Gupta,
Anjan Kumar Dhua,
Mansoor Ahmed Siddiqui,
Badamutlang Dympep,
Vijay Grover,
Vijay Gupta,
Avijit Sen
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of indian association of pediatric surgeons
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.306
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1998-3891
pISSN - 0971-9261
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9261.107016
Subject(s) - medicine , inferior vena cava , thrombus , left lobe , thrombosis , abscess , surgery , budd–chiari syndrome , liver abscess , hepatic veins , radiology
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.