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Unusual case of left iliac vein compression secondary to Mays-Thurner syndrome and crossed fused renal ectopia
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Unusual case of left iliac vein compression secondary to Mays-Thurner syndrome and crossed fused renal ectopia

Mohamed A. Elsharawy, Khaled M. Moghazy, Hind S. Alsaif and Mosad M. Al-Asiri
Saudi medical journal, Vol.29(4), pp.603-605
01/04/2008
PMID: 18382808

Abstract

General & Internal Medicine Life Sciences & Biomedicine Medicine, General & Internal Science & Technology
External compression of the left iliac vein against the fifth lumbar vertebra by the right iliac artery (May and Thurner syndrome) is a well-known anatomic variant. We identified a rare case of May-Thurner syndrome associated with crossed fused renal ectopia on the left side. The patient presented with complete thrombosis of the left common iliac vein down to the popliteal vein. He was treated with catheter directed thrombolysis followed by anticoagulant therapy.

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