Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine (Sep 2015)

Rare etiological causes of iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis: Reports of 2 cases

  • Emrah Ereren,
  • Ali Kemal Erenler,
  • Vedat Bakuy,
  • Mustafa Omer Yazicioglu,
  • Sercan Duman

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 3
pp. 147 – 149

Abstract

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Deep venous thrombosis is frequently seen in lower extremities. However, when seen in the iliac level, mass effect of an underlying pathology must be considered. In this report, we present two cases with upper region deep venous thrombosis, which had underlying pathologies of appendicitis and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Keywords: Deep venous thrombosis, Etiology, Emergency department