Deep venous thrombosis caused by congenital malformation of the inferior vena cava and heterozygous factor V leiden presenting as venous claudication

Clin Appl Thromb Hemost. 2009 Oct;15(5):591-5. doi: 10.1177/1076029608324928. Epub 2008 Nov 2.

Abstract

A case of an 18-year-old man with deep venous thrombosis of the lower limbs caused by hypoplasia of the inferior vena cava in combination with heterozygous factor V Leiden is presented. Both anomalies were found when the patient complained of venous claudication in both thighs. Inferior vena cava malformation is a rare condition and may predispose to the development of deep venous thrombosis. This patient was at an even higher risk for deep venous thrombosis as the inferior vena cava malformation was combined with a hypercoagulable state.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Factor V / genetics*
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Humans
  • Intermittent Claudication / diagnosis
  • Intermittent Claudication / diagnostic imaging
  • Intermittent Claudication / etiology*
  • Intermittent Claudication / genetics
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Risk Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Venous Thrombosis / etiology*
  • Venous Thrombosis / genetics

Substances

  • factor V Leiden
  • Factor V