Appendicitis Secondary to a Fractured, Penetrating Celect IVC Filter in a Young Kidney Transplant Recipient

This report describes the unusual complication of a tilted, penetrating, and fractured Cook Celect (Bloomington, IN) inferior vena cava (IVC) filter in a young patient that resulted in appendicitis and was exempt from institutional review board approval at the originating institution.

Source: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology : JVIR - May 22, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Osman Ahmed, Mark Hieromnimon, Christopher R. Weber, Cindy X. Wang, Thomas Tullius Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research