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Radiology, Vol 172, 721-723, Copyright © 1989 by Radiological Society of North America

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Perforation of the inferior vena cava with aortic and vertebral penetration by a suprarenal Greenfield filter

D Kim, DH Porter, JB Siegel and M Simon
Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215.

Various complications have been reported after insertion of the Greenfield filter. This report describes an unusual complication after suprarenal placement of this filter: spreading of the filter struts, with perforation of the inferior vena cava, and penetration of the aorta and a vertebral body, followed by fracture of one of the struts.


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