Obstruction of the iliac veins due to markedly distended urinary bladder demonstrated by radionuclide venography. A case report

Journal Article · Thu Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1990 · Clinical Nuclear Medicine; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-199011000-00002· OSTI ID:5919689

Sezhiyan, T; Yang, D C; Fabila, J; Patel, D M; Giovanniello, J ^[1]

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1. Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY (USA)

An unusual case of obstruction of the iliac veins by a markedly distended urinary bladder (UB) is presented. Initial radionuclide venography (RNV) was positive, revealing obstruction of the iliac veins associated with marked dilatation of the UB. After the UB was emptied, RNV was negative.

• OSTI ID: 5919689
• Journal Information: Clinical Nuclear Medicine; (USA), Journal Name: Clinical Nuclear Medicine; (USA) Vol. 15:11; ISSN CNMED; ISSN 0363-9762
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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550601* -- Medicine-- Unsealed Radionuclides in Diagnostics
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ANIMALS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL WASTES
BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY
BLADDER
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BLOOD VESSELS
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
DIAGNOSIS
DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
DISEASES
ERYTHROCYTES
ISOTOPES
MAMMALS
MAN
MATERIALS
MEDICINE
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ORGANS
PRIMATES
RADIOLOGY
TECHNETIUM ISOTOPES
URINARY TRACT
URINE
VASCULAR DISEASES
VEINS
VERTEBRATES
WASTES