“…Several techniques have been de scribed, including aspiration biopsy, brush biopsy, and, as in our case, forceps biopsy [22][23][24][25][26], The literature regard ing endovascular biopsy is limited, and no systematic assessment of the various approaches is available. Of the 12 reported cases with endovascular biopsy of IVC masses, 10 were biopsied from a transfemoral approach without complications.…”