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Internist (Berl)
; 59(7): 720-724, 2018 07.
Artigo
em Alemão
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-29076080
RESUMO
A 49-year-old male patient presented due to recurrent pain and swelling in the left leg. The patient had had deep venous thrombosis with pulmonary embolism 5 years previously. Since then, he had been treated with Vit-k-antagonists. Pronounced paraumbilical collateral circulation of unknown origin was striking. Doppler sonographic evaluation pointed to May-Thurner syndrome. This was confirmed by phlebography. Venous stenting of the stenosis in the left iliac vein achieved long-term symptom improvement. This case report is intended to draw attention to the rare May-Thurner syndrome as an important differential diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis and, at the same time, identify diagnostic and therapeutic treatment strategies.