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Figure 1 – Penetrated vena cava filter in the retro-hepatic vena cava.
A. Computed tomography reconstruction posterior view:
fragment vena cava filter (FVCF), vena cava filter (VCF), B. Computed
tomography anterior view: fragment (FVCF), vena cava filter (VCF) C.
Surgical findings: liver (L), inferior vena cava (IVC) , vena cava
filter (VCF) perforation.