The authors present a case of a congenital absence of the infrarenal inferior vena cava in an 18-year-old man showing symptoms of deep venous thrombosis of the left leg. The congenital absence of the inferior vena cava is typically asymptomatic and is commonly reported as a fortuitous finding. Abnormalities of the inferior vena cava are risk factors contributing to the development of deep venous thrombosis. The absence of vena cava is underestimated in patients with deep venous thrombosis because in some cases compression B-mode ultrasonography will not reveal the condition. CT should be made available for all young patients with idiopathic deep venous thrombosis.

A rare case of a scaphoid-trapezium dislocation is presented. The treatment was open reduction, ligament repair, and internal fixation with a Kirschner wire. After 4 weeks of immobilization, the Kirschner wire was removed, and full recovery was obtained 12 weeks after the trauma.

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