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The patient admitted with the signs and symptoms of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) was diagnosed and hospitalized for inferior vena cava (IVC) filter implantation preceding a pharmaco-mechanical thrombolysis. Despite the lack of a preoperative history and a radiological finding resembling an IVC filter, intraoperative fluoroscopy revealed a previously implanted permanent device. The present case is showing that some IVC filters may be hard to be visualized preoperatively in the roentgenogram.

Giacomini vein (GV) is an intersaphenous vein that connects lesser saphenous vein cranially to the greater saphenous vein tracking medial side of the leg. It is aimed to emphasize the importance of the diagnostic evaluation regarding the presence and compatibility of this cranial thigh extension of the lesser saphenous vein before planning the treatment modality in lower limb venous insufficiencies. In this case, an 18-year-old female patient diagnosed as an existence of an insufficient GV and the surgical treatment via extirpation of its small popliteal varicose tributary with isolated insufficiency, is presented.