Medicina (Mar 2022)

Bilateral Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Due to Right Common Iliac Artery Aneurysm with a Contained Rupture

  • Foteini Malli,
  • Ilias E. Dimeas,
  • Sotirios I. Sinis,
  • Eleni Karetsi,
  • Petroula Nana,
  • George Kouvelos,
  • Konstantinos I. Gourgoulianis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina58030421
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58, no. 3
p. 421

Abstract

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Venous thromboembolism (comprising deep venous thrombosis and/or pulmonary embolism) is a common disease, often of multifactorial cause. Focal iliac artery aneurysms are relatively rare, and only a few reports exist in the literature describing patients with venous thromboembolism resulting from venous floe disruption due to iliac artery aneurysm. Thus, we report a case of a 65-year-old male presenting with pulmonary embolism and bilateral deep vein thrombosis associated with a contained rupture of the right common iliac artery aneurysm.

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