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An Unusual Presentation of Deep Vein Thrombosis

May–Thurner syndrome (MTS) usually presents as acute or chronic deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients. A 49-year-old woman presented with left lower limb DVT, which was followed by a diagnosis of MTS on a background of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and hypothyroidism. MTS is more common among wo...

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Autores principales: Liyanage, Anne Manjalee, Shafiq, Tahir, Wadekar, Vitthal Ramchandra, Sultan, Naveed, Abdulla, Fares
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Publicado: SMC Media Srl 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6346834/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30756057
http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2018_000899
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author Liyanage, Anne Manjalee
Shafiq, Tahir
Wadekar, Vitthal Ramchandra
Sultan, Naveed
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description May–Thurner syndrome (MTS) usually presents as acute or chronic deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients. A 49-year-old woman presented with left lower limb DVT, which was followed by a diagnosis of MTS on a background of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and hypothyroidism. MTS is more common among women in the second to fourth decades of life. An endovascular approach is the preferred first-line treatment for MTS. LEARNING POINTS: This case highlights the importance of serial ultrasound Doppler scans in cases where the probability of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is high as a negative initial Doppler scan does not exclude DVT. May–Thurner syndrome (MTS) should be suspected especially in younger patients in whom no cause for DVT has been found. Missing a diagnosis of MTS could result in life-threatening conditions such as pulmonary embolism and post-thrombotic syndrome.
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spelling pubmed-63468342019-02-12 An Unusual Presentation of Deep Vein Thrombosis Liyanage, Anne Manjalee Shafiq, Tahir Wadekar, Vitthal Ramchandra Sultan, Naveed Abdulla, Fares Eur J Case Rep Intern Med Articles May–Thurner syndrome (MTS) usually presents as acute or chronic deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients. A 49-year-old woman presented with left lower limb DVT, which was followed by a diagnosis of MTS on a background of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) and hypothyroidism. MTS is more common among women in the second to fourth decades of life. An endovascular approach is the preferred first-line treatment for MTS. LEARNING POINTS: This case highlights the importance of serial ultrasound Doppler scans in cases where the probability of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is high as a negative initial Doppler scan does not exclude DVT. May–Thurner syndrome (MTS) should be suspected especially in younger patients in whom no cause for DVT has been found. Missing a diagnosis of MTS could result in life-threatening conditions such as pulmonary embolism and post-thrombotic syndrome. SMC Media Srl 2018-08-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6346834/ /pubmed/30756057 http://dx.doi.org/10.12890/2018_000899 Text en © EFIM 2018 This article is licensed under a Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)
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