PMID: 9543590Apr 17, 1998Paper

CT demonstration of infected SVC thrombus

Clinical Imaging
M MacariE Morris

Abstract

We report a case in which computed tomography (CT) demonstrated gas within a thrombus in the superior vena cava in a patient with fever of unknown origin (FUO), indicating that the thrombus was infected. This CT finding is important to recognize, as it affects subsequent therapy.

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