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Case report
Permanent IVC filter strut penetration into an abdominal aortic aneurysm
  1. Juehea Lee1 and
  2. Graham Roche-Nagle2
  1. 1Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  2. 2Vascular Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  1. Correspondence to Juehea Lee; juehea.lee{at}mail.utoronto.ca

Abstract

An 85-year-old man with a known history of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) presented to a vascular surgery clinic with a severely swollen, tender and erythematous left leg. An urgent CT angiogram demonstrated a left-sided, proximal deep vein thrombosis, and a permanent, Bird’s Nest inferior vena cava (IVC) filter (Cook, Inc., Bloomington, Ind.) penetrating his AAA. The patient was treated with a course of apixaban 5 mg two times per day and the decision was made to closely observe his IVC filter and AAA, given his numerous comorbidities and age. This case highlights the unique considerations associated with an approach to permanent IVC filter complications among patients with AAAs.

  • venous thromboembolism
  • haematology (incl blood transfusion)
  • vascular surgery

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-241962

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors JL made substantial contributions to the planning, conducting, conception, acquisition, analysis and drafting of the case report. GR-N made substantial contributions to the planning, conducting, development, conception, acquisition, analysis, drafting and editing of the case report.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.