This section is from the book "A Manual Of Pathological Anatomy", by Carl Rokitansky, William Edward Swaine. Also available from Amazon: A Manual of Pathological Anatomy.
Inflammation Of The Vena Cava Ascendens is induced in puerperal women by the coagulation of blood, extending from the inner spermatic vein into the vena cava. Under other conditions, it also appears to arise from a similar cause.
In addition to these special cases we must mention:
 
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