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.

A 49-year-old Caucasian female underwent a second kidney–pancreas transplant in May 2002 for end-stage diabetic nephropathy. Her postoperative course was complicated by intra-abdominal sepsis and the development of bilateral deep venous thrombosis (DVT). The patient was treated conservatively, with a 6-month course of oral anticoagulation. One month after discontinuation of oral anticoagulation...

Pharmacomecanical thrombectomy with the Cleaner device (Argon Medical Devices, Frisco, Tex) was safe and beneficial in treatment of acute iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis (DVT). This study retrospectively evaluated 75 patients DVT involving segment who underwent pharmacomechanical Devices). Approximately 91% had complete thrombus resolution, >90% could be treated a single session. Short-term im...

Injecting drug use, mainly of heroin, currently represents a major public health issue in the North East of Scotland. The recent tendency of the committed injecting drug user to inject into the groin has created novel problems for the Infection Unit. Data are presented on 20 consecutive patients admitted between 1994 and 1999 with iliofemoral venous thromboses, often complicated by severe soft ...

T ranscatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has emerged as an alternative treatment for patients with severe aortic stenosis that are considered to be at high or prohibitive surgical risk.1 While the transfemoral approach has been considered to be the primary approach in the vast majority of centres and studies, non-optimal iliofemoral vessel characteristics preclude the safe placement of s...

Breakage of DHS guide wire during surgery and its migration into the pelvis through the hip joint is a rare complication and its removal can be very challenging for the surgeon. We share our experience of a similar case wherein we used an ‘iliofemoral’ approach to successfully remove the broken transfixing guidewire from the hip joint. Although iliofemoral approach is similar to the lateral win...