Diagnosis and management of right external iliac vein “sandwich”: A rare cause of iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis

Diagnosis and management of right external iliac vein “sandwich”: A rare cause of iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis

Several anatomic abnormalities predispose patients to iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis, the most common of which is compression of the left iliac vein between the right common iliac artery and lumbar vertebrae, or May-Thurner syndrome. Other areas of venous compression can occur but are rare. This...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Tai, MD, PhD, Arash Jaberi, MD, MEd, George D. Oreopoulos, MD, MSc, Thomas L. Forbes, MD, Kong Teng Tan, MD, Sebastian Mafeld, MBBS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468428719300279

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