Veina cava filters(VCF)are used as an alternative to anticoagulation therapy in patients with thrombo‑embolic events.Some mechanical complications are commonly described.Such complications are,most of the time,asympto...Veina cava filters(VCF)are used as an alternative to anticoagulation therapy in patients with thrombo‑embolic events.Some mechanical complications are commonly described.Such complications are,most of the time,asymptomatic and noninfectious.A 70‑year‑old woman presented with pulmonary embolism with a contraindication to anticoagulants,leading to a VCF implantation.Eight months later,she complained of mechanical back pain associated with Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteremia,leading to diagnose VCF infection associated with spondylodiscitis.Filter retrieval and long‑duration antibiotic therapy allowed recovery.Patients with an endovascular prosthesis may benefit from a positron emission tomography‑computed tomography in case of fever or growing blood cultures without a designed source.展开更多
文摘Veina cava filters(VCF)are used as an alternative to anticoagulation therapy in patients with thrombo‑embolic events.Some mechanical complications are commonly described.Such complications are,most of the time,asymptomatic and noninfectious.A 70‑year‑old woman presented with pulmonary embolism with a contraindication to anticoagulants,leading to a VCF implantation.Eight months later,she complained of mechanical back pain associated with Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteremia,leading to diagnose VCF infection associated with spondylodiscitis.Filter retrieval and long‑duration antibiotic therapy allowed recovery.Patients with an endovascular prosthesis may benefit from a positron emission tomography‑computed tomography in case of fever or growing blood cultures without a designed source.
