Renal Vein Thrombosis Secondary to Absent Inferior Vena Cava

An absent inferior vena cava in a pediatric renal transplant recipient

“…More systemic symptoms (such as cyanosis, dyspnea, cardiac failure or growth, and developmental delay in children) can occur if the case is complicated by cardiac or visceral malformations (such as tetralogy of Fallot) [8,4]. Hypertension alone can also reflect an absent vena cava [9]. Yet the clinical picture does not necessarily reveal an absent vena cava [3].…”