Phlegmasia cerulea dolens, or massive venous occlusion leading to circulatory tissue compromise, is a rare but serious disease which is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality [5,7]. The optimal treatment for phlegmasia is controversial, not only because the disease is uncommon, limiting the experience of any one group of surgeons, but also because the lack of an acceptable animal ...

ankylosing spondylitis (as) is an inflammatory rheumatic disease. phlegmasia cerulea dolens is a severe form of deep vein thrombosis characterized by swelling, pain, and bluish discoloration. treatment delay may cause venous gangrene, tissue ischemia, limb loss or death. here, we present an as case who presented with phlegmasia cerulea dolens and treated by catheter-directed thrombolysis.

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There are many advantages to be derived from the use of extra-dural block in obstetrics and gynaecology. In the past many anaesthetists have been reluctant to make use of the method owing to the difficulty in accurately locating the extra-dural space, but with advances in technique this has been overcome and there has been a great increase in the use of this form of analgesia in recent years. O...

Introduction. Primary venous tumours are a rare cause of deep vein thrombosis. The authors present a case where the definitive diagnosis was delayed by inconclusive complementary imaging. Clinical Case. A thirty-seven-year-old female presented with an iliofemoral venous thrombosis of the right lower limb. The patient had presented with an episode of femoral-popliteal vein thrombosis five months...

BACKGROUND Herein we report a case of phlegmasia cerulea dolens, a form of venous thrombosis complicated by arterial ischaemia. PATIENTS AND METHODS A 69-year-old man presented a bilateral trophic condition of the lower limbs that had appeared 3 weeks earlier. The patient had a history of metastatic urothelial bladder carcinoma and arteritis. Clinical examination revealed right leg ulcers wit...