title: Pulmonary emboli caused by iliac compression syndrome without leg symptoms.
abstract: Iliac compression syndrome is a clinical condition that occurs as a result of compression of the left common iliac vein by the overlying right common iliac artery. This syndrome most often affects young to middle-aged women, and patients usually have left leg symptoms. We report the unusual case of an 18-year-old male who had pulmonary emboli caused by iliac compression syndrome without leg symptoms. Combined venography and aortography confirmed the diagnosis. The patient was successfully treated with anticoagulants and vena cava filter insertion. Iliac compression syndrome should be considered when pulmonary embolism appears without obvious cause.
authors.affiliation: Division of Respiratory Diseases, Toranomon Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. kazumak77@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Kazuma
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kishi
authors.forename: Sakae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Homma
authors.forename: Masateru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawabata
authors.forename: Eiyasu
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tsuboi
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Narui
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakatani
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakata
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007084:Iliac Vein; D008297:Male; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed; D016306:Vena Cava Filters