Venous Thromboembolism in a Young Man With Fused Renal Ectopia

Daiki Tomidokoro, MD; Hiromasa Hayama, MD; Norifumi Bekki, MD; Hisao Hara, MD, PhD; Yukio Hiroi, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Dec 2020)

Venous Thromboembolism in a Young Man With Fused Renal Ectopia

Daiki Tomidokoro, MD,
Hiromasa Hayama, MD,
Norifumi Bekki, MD,
Hisao Hara, MD, PhD,
Yukio Hiroi, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Daiki Tomidokoro, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Daiki Tomidokoro, Department of Cardiology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.; Department of Cardiology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Hiromasa Hayama, MD: Department of Cardiology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Norifumi Bekki, MD: Department of Cardiology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Hisao Hara, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Yukio Hiroi, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 15
pp. 2479 – 2483

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A 19-year-old man presented with chest pain after a trans-Pacific flight. Venous thromboembolism was diagnosed and treated with catheter-directed thrombolysis. Genetic testing revealed factor V Leiden mutation. In addition to the flight history and genetic hypercoagulability, a renal abnormality causing an external compression over the inferior vena cava was suspected to be a contributing factor. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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