GANGRENE and eyanosis of an extremity, due to thrombophlebitis with massive venous occlusions, is an uncommon condition and is often confused with primary arterial oeclusive disease. With massive venous occlusion and the associated arterial venospasm the blood flow may be so impeded to an extremity that cyanosis and eventually gangrene may occur. The recognition of this is important, since this...

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a transient antibody-mediated hypercoagulability state strongly associated with lower-limb deep-vein thrombosis (DVT). Whether HIT is additionally associated with upper-limb DVT--either with or without central venous catheter (CVC) use--is unknown. We therefore studied 260 patients with antibody-positive HIT to determine the influence of CVC use on freq...

Cancer and its related therapies are acquired thrombophilic risk factors. Patients with a malignancy can suffer a thrombotic complication such as deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in the lower extremities with a possible following pulmonary embolism. Recently, an increased association between upper extremity DVT and malignancy has been observed and several risk factors were identified. However, few ...

Objectives : Upper extremity injuries following motorcycle crashes (MCC) incur increased healthcare costs and rehabilitation needs. We aim to characterize the epidemiology of MCC upper identify factors that influence severity cost care for injuries. Methods performed a retrospective cohort analysis 571 patients with after at level 1 trauma center from 2002 2013. collected data pertaining demogr...

Holmes tremor is an arrhythmic, 2- to 5-Hz resting, postural, and kinetic upper extremity movement disorder that occurs weeks to months after acute mesencephalic pathology. We present a patient who developed tremor in three body parts postbrainstem hemorrhage with subsequent hypertrophic olivary degeneration and discuss the relevant clinical evolution. Our case is unique because in addition to ...