title: Venous stasis ulcers due to primary, isolated deep venous insufficiency in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus: report of a case.
abstract: Primary, isolated deep venous incompetence is rare, difficult to diagnose, and can lead to the development of venous stasis ulcers. We herein report a case demonstrating chronic venous stasis ulcers due to primary, isolated deep venous incompetence, which was misdiagnosed as vasculitis ulcers associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Although primary, isolated deep venous incompetence is rare, it is important to bear this possibility in mind when a patient presents with leg ulcers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, K14, N5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8648, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishibe
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Keishu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasuda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017546:Angioscopy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000150:complications*