InferiorVena Cava- intrahepaticVenous Fistulas caused byAngiographic Catheter-Foreign body

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The IVC-portal venous fistulas seem impossible to occur. The chance for developing a communication between the IVC and the portal system requires a sharp device. We report here a rare case of broken angiography catheter tip –a foreign body occluding superior and inferior vena cava lasting for 11years presenting as communication between IVC and portal vein. A 40 yrs old male who had undergone mitral valve dilation for mitral stenosis 11 yrs. back presented with an X-ray chest showing a catheter foreign body in their right chest. The inferior venocavography reveled fistula between IVC and portal vein.