In 1837, Piorry, a French professor of medicine stated, "It is rather difficult to understand why the investigation of veins has been passed over almost in silence, while such a great diagnostic value has been attached to the investigation of arteries." Even today, our understanding of venous disease pales in comparison to our understanding of arterial disease. This is despite the fact that mil...

Markedly dilated cervical epidural veins and right upper extremity weakness developed in a 43-year-old man 4 months after contralateral craniectomy for head trauma. After cranioplasty, his symptoms improved markedly and the size of the veins returned to normal. These findings suggest that enlarged cervical epidural veins may occur without an underlying vascular lesion and that upper extremity w...

A 46-year-old woman with a history of abnormal vaginal bleeding and who was taking oral contraceptive pills presented to the emergency department complaining of pain in her upper and lower extremities. Three weeks previously, she had experienced pain and swelling in her left lower extremity. Ten days previously, she had experienced left neck pain and facial swelling, but the symptoms disappeare...

Upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) accounts for 1% to 4% of DVT cases. Brachial plexus injury can result from venous distention due in the upper extremity, leading neurologic deficits. We report a patient diagnosed with brachial plexopathy caused by extremity. A 66-year-old female medical history Parkinson disease and dementia presented emergency department drowsy mental status. She was...

BACKGROUND In mice, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) lymphography enables detailed imaging of the lymphatic system and quantification of lymph node function. If this applies to humans, it may improve staging of several malignancies. The aim of this study was to elucidate whether foot skin depots of 18F-FDG make PET/CT imaging of the lowe...

background: chronic wounds are a serious problem for the patient and can increase the socioeconomic burden on the healthcare system and community. this study aimed at investigating the effect of angioplasty on chronic ischemic wound healing. methods: this study was conducted in sina hospital, affiliated to tehran university of medical sciences. thirty-eight patients with chronic ischemic wounds...

background: venoplasty and stenting is a minimally invasive therapy that can be used for patients with deep venous insufficiency in the lower extremities. this study aimed at investigating the effect of venoplasty and venous stenting in patients with chronic venous insufficiency in the lower limbs. methods : this prospective case-series study recruited patients with chronic deep venous insuffic...

background providing care for patients with chronic disability affects caregivers’ social lives and relationships and can lead to poor health and lower quality of life. objectives in this study, our goal was to assess the quality of life in spouses of war veterans with bilateral lower limb amputations to find factors affecting caregivers’ quality of life. patients and methods in a cross-section...

PURPOSE The lower extremity has received its fair share of attention as a vascular access site in patients who have exhausted their upper arm vessels. However, experiences with lower extremity arteriovenous grafts (AVGs) have so far been disappointing because of high infection rates and severe limb ischemia. We report our experience with hemodialysis access from the lower extremity. MATERIALS...

objective(s): we investigated a frequency of lower extremity uptake on the radioactive iodine (rai) whole body scan (wbs) after rai treatment in patients with differentiated thyroid cancer, in order to retrospectively examine whether or not the frequency was pathological. methods: this retrospective study included 170 patients with thyroid cancer, undergoing rai treatment. overall, 99r (58%) an...