Primary upper-extremity deep venous thrombosis.
Using an illustrative case, this report reviews the entity of primary upper-extremity deep venous thrombosis, also known as Paget-Schroetter syndrome. The entity of Paget-Schroetter syndrome is important to military physicians because of its occurrence in young, healthy, active individuals such as those in our active duty population. A review of the literature was performed and it was concluded that a multimodal approach to therapy, as was done in this case, gives the best overall results.
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Naval Hospital Jacksonville, Family Practice Department, FL 32214-5227, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply*; D001367:Axillary Vein; D006493:Heparin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000628:therapy*; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014680:Veins
D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin; D010960:Plasminogen Activators; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator