Rare etiological causes of iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis: Reports of 2 cases

Emrah Ereren; Ali Kemal Erenler; Vedat Bakuy; Mustafa Omer Yazicioglu; Sercan Duman

doi:10.1016/j.tjem.2015.11.012

Emrah Ereren¹, Ali Kemal Erenler², Vedat Bakuy¹, Mustafa Omer Yazicioglu³, Sercan Duman¹

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
²Department of Emergency Medicine, Samsun Education and Research Hospital, Samsun, Turkey
³Department of General Surgery, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Keywords: Deep venous thrombosis; Etiology; Emergency department

Abstract

Deep venous thrombosis is frequently seen in lower extremities. However, when seen in the iliac level, mass effect of an underlying pathology must be considered. In this report, we present two cases with upper region deep venous thrombosis, which had underlying pathologies of appendicitis and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.