Acute wiiitis representing as thrombosis of the inferior vena cava and left pelvic veins

Deep venous thrombosis as a result of venous wall injury provoked by trauma is a common finding. It often occurs in patients with sportive overstraining, caused by over fatigue of the body structures. In 2007, the entity of "acute wiiitis" was first described in a letter to the New England...

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Published inPhlebology Vol. 30; no. 7; p. 486
Main Authors Brodmann, M, Gary, T, Hafner, F, Eller, P, Deutschmann, H, Pilger, E, Seinost, G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.08.2015
Subjects
Adult
Female
Humans
Pelvis - blood supply
Vena Cava, Inferior - pathology
Venous Thrombosis - etiology
Venous Thrombosis - pathology
Video Games - adverse effects
trauma
Acute wiitis
deep venous thrombosis
Nintendo Wii
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Summary:Deep venous thrombosis as a result of venous wall injury provoked by trauma is a common finding. It often occurs in patients with sportive overstraining, caused by over fatigue of the body structures. In 2007, the entity of "acute wiiitis" was first described in a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine. Acute wiiitis sums up all affections, mainly skeletal and muscle affections, provoked by playing Nintendo Wii, a very common and loved video-game system. Deep venous thrombosis as a consequence of Nintendo Wii has not been described so far. We present a patient with a massive free floating thrombus of the left pelvic veins originating from the gluteal veins and reaching into the inferior vena cava after playing Nintendo Wii.
ISSN:1758-1125
DOI:10.1177/0268355514530278