Combined Oral Contraceptives Bringing to Light May-Thurner Syndrome

May-Thurner syndrome (MTS) is a relatively uncommon clinical condition characterized by venous blockage in the left lower leg. Compression of the left common iliac vein by the right common iliac artery and the underlying vertebral body causes obstruction. We report a case of MTS with extensive venou...

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Autores principales: Alnabwani, Dina, Ganta, Nagapratap, Kochhar, Smriti, Bommu, Veera Jayasree Latha, Majzoub, Reham, Hechter, Sharon, Patel, Priya, Cheriyath, Pramil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8980191/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35399410
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22839
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author Alnabwani, Dina
Ganta, Nagapratap
Kochhar, Smriti
Bommu, Veera Jayasree Latha
Majzoub, Reham
Hechter, Sharon
Patel, Priya
Cheriyath, Pramil
author_facet Alnabwani, Dina
Ganta, Nagapratap
Kochhar, Smriti
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Majzoub, Reham
Hechter, Sharon
Patel, Priya
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description May-Thurner syndrome (MTS) is a relatively uncommon clinical condition characterized by venous blockage in the left lower leg. Compression of the left common iliac vein by the right common iliac artery and the underlying vertebral body causes obstruction. We report a case of MTS with extensive venous thrombosis in a 44-year-old female who remained clinically silent until she used combined oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) for more than three years.
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spelling pubmed-89801912022-04-07 Combined Oral Contraceptives Bringing to Light May-Thurner Syndrome Alnabwani, Dina Ganta, Nagapratap Kochhar, Smriti Bommu, Veera Jayasree Latha Majzoub, Reham Hechter, Sharon Patel, Priya Cheriyath, Pramil Cureus Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery May-Thurner syndrome (MTS) is a relatively uncommon clinical condition characterized by venous blockage in the left lower leg. Compression of the left common iliac vein by the right common iliac artery and the underlying vertebral body causes obstruction. We report a case of MTS with extensive venous thrombosis in a 44-year-old female who remained clinically silent until she used combined oral contraceptive pills (OCPs) for more than three years. Cureus 2022-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8980191/ /pubmed/35399410 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22839 Text en Copyright © 2022, Alnabwani 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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Patel, Priya
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