Venous reflux into renal and spinal veins on MDCT in a surviving patient

Sumana Bingi; Sahaja Kanugula; Swarupa Keerthipati; Kalyani Bankupalli; Balakrishna Gowdu Thimmoji; Rajanikanth Rao Vedula

doi:10.4103/ijri.IJRI_353_18

Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2019; 29(02): 223-225
DOI: 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_353_18

Case Report

Venous reflux into renal and spinal veins on MDCT in a surviving patient

Sumana Bingi

Departments of Radiodiagnosis and 1Medicine, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Sahaja Kanugula

Departments of Radiodiagnosis and 1Medicine, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Swarupa Keerthipati

Departments of Radiodiagnosis and 1Medicine, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Kalyani Bankupalli

Departments of Radiodiagnosis and 1Medicine, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Balakrishna Gowdu Thimmoji

Departments of Radiodiagnosis and 1Medicine, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Rajanikanth Rao Vedula

Departments of Radiodiagnosis and 1Medicine, Great Eastern Medical School and Hospital, Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, India

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Abstract

In patients of cardiac arrest or near death, opacification of inferior vena cava and renal veins during the arterial phase of intravenous contrast administration at computed tomography (CT) examination is well known. We present a case of extensive reflux into renal and spinal veins in a patient who survived for 1 week following multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) examination without any life supporting devices.

Keywords

Cardiac arrest - computed tomography - contrast pooling - CT contrast media

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