A 64-year-old male patient underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) device implantation via the axillary venous approach. Two weeks later, the patient started complaining of "electric shock-like" pain in the left axillary area. During physical examination, typical pain in the left axillary area was reproduced whenever his left shoulder was passively abducted more than 60 degrees. Fluor...

We report the case of a 50-year-old HIV-positive woman with a congenital cyanotic heart disease who developed left axillary, subclavian, and brachiocephalic vein thrombosis and left lower aortopulmonary collateral arterial thrombosis, presenting as left hemibody swelling. We also briefly overview the literature regarding upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (UEDVT). Given the absence of other r...

Paget-Schroetter Syndrome is a rare condition characterized by the thrombosis of axillary and/or subclavian vein due to repetitive activity upper extremity. This effect results in exertion-induced deep venous (DVT) In literature, it has been reported more frequently among adult population. We aimed introduce 15-year-old female patient who suffered an acute DVT left extremity, and her successful...

A 61-year-old woman presented with low grade fever and an epigastric mass eight years following resection of a stage Clark IV infraclavicular cutaneous melanoma followed by axillary node dissection. Investigations revealed a tumor in segment II, III, IV and V of the liver and a thrombus involving the main portal vein. Liver resection with extended left hepatectomy (left trisegmentectomy) and po...

Dear Editor, Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (UEDVT) refers to thrombosis of the subclavian (18% to 69%), axillary (5% to 42%) or brachial vein (4% to 13%).1 It accounts for 4% to 10% of all cases of deep vein thrombosis1 and can result in pulmonary embolism (PE) or post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) of the arm and even death in severe cases.1 We describe a case of UEDVT in a healthy young Chi...

A 28-year-old woman presented to the emergency department (ED) for acute respiratory distress from an extended care facility, where she was rehabilitating from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and remained comatose. On arrival, the patient was tachycardic, with a sinus rhythm on monitor at 140 bpm. She was placed on a ventilator with settings as previously recorded at the nursing home. Blood pres...

Isolated subclavian vein injuries are rarely seen without concomitant arterial injury, bone fracture, damage to brachial plexus, and thoracal traumas. Our case was brought to the emergency service 6 hours after he had been shot at the shoulder with a firearm. After detection of extravasation from the left axillary and subclavian vein on arteriographic and venographic examinations, he was operat...