Inferior vena cava thrombosis in a pediatric patient of amebic liver abscess

• Main Authors: Anubhav Gupta (Author), Anjan Kumar Dhua (Author), Mansoor Ahmed Siddiqui (Author), Badamutlang Dympep (Author), Vijay Grover (Author), Vijay Kumar Gupta (Author), Amita Sen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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.