congenital absence of inferior vena cava

Epidemiology

• rare

Clinical manifestations

• deep vein thrombosis
• chronic non-healing venous leg ulcers
• varicose veins
• may not present until adulthood

Radiology

• abdominal CT

More general terms

• congenital anomaly (birth defect)
• venous disease; venopathy
• hypercoagulability