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VASCULAR VIBRATION INJURY AND PAGET-SHROETTER SYNDROME

PETAR PEKIĆ ; Sveti Duh University Hospital, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zagreb, Croatia
DINKO BEKIĆ ; Sveti Duh University Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Zagreb, Croatia
NIKOLINA MARIĆ ; Sveti Duh University Hospital, Division of Emergency and Intensive Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia
MAJA MAČKOVIĆ ; Sveti Duh University Hospital, Division of Emergency and Intensive Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Paget-Schroetter syndrome is a relatively uncommon condition related to primary thrombosis of the axillary/subclavian vein at the costoclavicular junction. Vibration injury is an unusual cause of this syndrome. We report on a 28-year-old man who presented with acute onset left arm swelling after whole-day work with a pneumatic drill. Duplex ultrasound confirmed the presence of a thrombus in his left axillary and subclavian vein, which was treated with low molecular weight heparin, eventually switched to oral anticoagulation.

Keywords

axillary/subclavian vein thrombosis; Paget-Schroetter syndrome

Hrčak ID:

165199

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/165199

Publication date:

7.9.2016.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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