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Editor, Senior Moderator
Cureus
. 2022 Jan 16;14(1):e21301.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.21301. eCollection 2022 Jan.
Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens Secondary to COVID-19 and May-Thurner Syndrome: A Case Report
Lamia Alghamdi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nashwan Alattab[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Abdullah Alwohaibi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yazeed H Alotaibi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mohammed AlSheef[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with significant thromboembolic risk. Extensive deep vein thrombosis can infrequently progress to phlegmasia cerulea dolens that carries high morbidity and mortality rates. We report a case of a middle-aged male presenting with phlegmasia cerulea dolens in the context of COVID-19 and underlying May-Thurner syndrome, associated with transiently positive antiphospholipid antibodies.
Keywords: catheter-directed thrombolysis; covid 19; deep vein thrombosis (dvt); may-thurner's syndrome; phlegmasia cerulea dolens.
. 2022 Jan 16;14(1):e21301.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.21301. eCollection 2022 Jan.
Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens Secondary to COVID-19 and May-Thurner Syndrome: A Case Report
Lamia Alghamdi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Nashwan Alattab[SUP] 2 [/SUP], Abdullah Alwohaibi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Yazeed H Alotaibi[SUP] 1 [/SUP], Mohammed AlSheef[SUP] 1 [/SUP]
Affiliations
- PMID: 35186563
- PMCID: PMC8847406
- DOI: 10.7759/cureus.21301
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with significant thromboembolic risk. Extensive deep vein thrombosis can infrequently progress to phlegmasia cerulea dolens that carries high morbidity and mortality rates. We report a case of a middle-aged male presenting with phlegmasia cerulea dolens in the context of COVID-19 and underlying May-Thurner syndrome, associated with transiently positive antiphospholipid antibodies.
Keywords: catheter-directed thrombolysis; covid 19; deep vein thrombosis (dvt); may-thurner's syndrome; phlegmasia cerulea dolens.