Incidental detection of upper extremity deep venous thrombosis on a Technetium-99m pertechnetate thyroid scan
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Deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremity: a reappraisal.
Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the upper extremity is an unusual thrombotic event (1-2% of all DVT) which can be conveniently divided into two categories, traumatic (including "stress") and spontaneous. The spontaneous form is not reported as often in the literature, but occurs more commonly than the traumatic form. There is an increased left-sided predominance in spontaneous DVT compared with...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0022-3859
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.74293