Phlegmasia cerulea dolens

✍ Scribed by Shweta Bhatt; Charles Wehbe; Vikram S. Dogra

• Book ID: 102334268
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 197 KB
• Volume: 35
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20317

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Phlegmasia dolens is a rare form of massive venous thrombosis of the lower extremities that is associated with a high degree of morbidity, including venous gangrene, compartment type syndrome, and arterial compromise. We report the sonographic findings in a patient who presented with phlegmasia dolens. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2007