[Profound venous thrombosis and popliteal cyst: problems of differential diagnosis relative to the use of phleboscintigraphy. Description of a clinical case].
The following is the case report of M. G. a 68-year-old male carrier of polcythemia vera, a pathology in which the risk of thrombosis is increased. The patient presented clinically suspected deep venous thrombosis and a phleboscintigraphy confirmed the diagnosis. A real-time B-mode ultrasonography performed later instead demonstrated a popliteal cyst. The case report focuses on diagnostic methods in deep venous thrombosis and particular attention is paid to the role of phleboscintigraphy, of impedance plethysmography and of real time B-mode ultrasonography.
Polo
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II Divisione di Medicina e Servizio di Ematologia, Azienda per i Servizi Sanitari n. 1 Triestina, Trieste.
Valente
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Cavalli
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Povolato
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Ferretti
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G
Geatti
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O
D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011151:Popliteal Cyst / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography