Abstract:The congenital stenosis of the inferior vena cava (IVC) is a rare anomaly causing
numerous clinical manifestations, depending on the variant of drainage patterns
or collaterals. This case presents a ϐive-year-old Azerbaijani male, who suffered
with massive ascites and a leg edema for three months. IVC stenosis was
detected on echocardiography, due to a high velocity ϐlow and visualisation of
a focal narrowing between the IVC oriϐice and the proximal end of the hepatic
vein entry. The IVC stenosis was conϐirmed… Show more
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