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

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Anubhav Gupta (مؤلف), Anjan Kumar Dhua (مؤلف), Mansoor Ahmed Siddiqui (مؤلف), Badamutlang Dympep (مؤلف), Vijay Grover (مؤلف), Vijay Kumar Gupta (مؤلف), Amita Sen (مؤلف)
• التنسيق: كتاب
• منشور في: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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.