An Unusual Presentation of Deep Vein Thrombosis

Anne Manjalee Liyanage; Tahir Shafiq; Vitthal Ramchandra Wadekar; Naveed Sultan; Fares Abdulla

doi:10.12890/2018_000899

An Unusual Presentation of Deep Vein Thrombosis

Anne Manjalee Liyanage Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Kerry, Tralee, Ireland
Tahir Shafiq Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Kerry, Tralee, Ireland
Vitthal Ramchandra Wadekar Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Kerry, Tralee, Ireland
Naveed Sultan Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Kerry, Tralee, Ireland
Fares Abdulla Department of Radiology, University Hospital Kerry, Tralee, Ireland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12890/2018_000899

Keywords

Deep vein thrombosis, May–Thurner syndrome, endovascular treatment

Abstract

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.

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