Blue Leg: Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens Secondary to May Thurner Syndrome

Phlegmasia cerulea dolens (PCD) can present as leg pain accompanied by bluish discoloration. It is a limb-threatening emergency that needs to be promptly addressed with anticoagulation with consideration of thrombolytics. We present a case of PCD in an 83-year-old female without obvious risk factor...

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Autores principales: Talib, Usama, Talib, Amaar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8830386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35165564
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21105
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description Phlegmasia cerulea dolens (PCD) can present as leg pain accompanied by bluish discoloration. It is a limb-threatening emergency that needs to be promptly addressed with anticoagulation with consideration of thrombolytics. We present a case of PCD in an 83-year-old female without obvious risk factor for thrombosis, found to have May Thurner Syndrome (MTS) requiring a chemical and mechanical approach to prevent catastrophic outcomes.
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spelling pubmed-88303862022-02-13 Blue Leg: Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens Secondary to May Thurner Syndrome Talib, Usama Talib, Amaar Cureus Cardiology Phlegmasia cerulea dolens (PCD) can present as leg pain accompanied by bluish discoloration. It is a limb-threatening emergency that needs to be promptly addressed with anticoagulation with consideration of thrombolytics. We present a case of PCD in an 83-year-old female without obvious risk factor for thrombosis, found to have May Thurner Syndrome (MTS) requiring a chemical and mechanical approach to prevent catastrophic outcomes. Cureus 2022-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8830386/ /pubmed/35165564 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21105 Text en Copyright © 2022, Talib et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full Blue Leg: Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens Secondary to May Thurner Syndrome
title_fullStr Blue Leg: Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens Secondary to May Thurner Syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Blue Leg: Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens Secondary to May Thurner Syndrome
title_short Blue Leg: Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens Secondary to May Thurner Syndrome
title_sort blue leg: phlegmasia cerulea dolens secondary to may thurner syndrome
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8830386/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35165564
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.21105
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