Upper Limb Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Case Report of an Increasingly Common Condition

Upper limb deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a less common phenomenon than lower limb DVT. Repeated trauma secondary to sport- or job-related arm movements and positions has been recognized as the predisposing factor for upper limb DVT. We describe a 38-year-old male computer programmer admitted with sw...

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Autores principales: Chen, Alexander W.Y., Oraii Yazdani, Kaveh, Candilio, Luciano
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2006- 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6246438/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30483316
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description Upper limb deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a less common phenomenon than lower limb DVT. Repeated trauma secondary to sport- or job-related arm movements and positions has been recognized as the predisposing factor for upper limb DVT. We describe a 38-year-old male computer programmer admitted with swelling and pain in his left upper limb. Venous duplex ultrasound confirmed the presence of axillary vein thrombosis. Coagulation studies for secondary thrombosis were unremarkable. The patient was treated with full anticoagulation using low molecular weight heparin and warfarin. On subsequent follow-up at 3 months, the patient was symptom free and duplex sonography showed no evidence of thrombosis.
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spelling pubmed-62464382018-11-27 Upper Limb Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Case Report of an Increasingly Common Condition Chen, Alexander W.Y. Oraii Yazdani, Kaveh Candilio, Luciano J Tehran Heart Cent Case Report Upper limb deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a less common phenomenon than lower limb DVT. Repeated trauma secondary to sport- or job-related arm movements and positions has been recognized as the predisposing factor for upper limb DVT. We describe a 38-year-old male computer programmer admitted with swelling and pain in his left upper limb. Venous duplex ultrasound confirmed the presence of axillary vein thrombosis. Coagulation studies for secondary thrombosis were unremarkable. The patient was treated with full anticoagulation using low molecular weight heparin and warfarin. On subsequent follow-up at 3 months, the patient was symptom free and duplex sonography showed no evidence of thrombosis. Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2006- 2018-04 /pmc/articles/PMC6246438/ /pubmed/30483316 Text en Copyright © 2015 Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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