[Phlegmasia cerulea dolens in patients with testicular carcinoma].
We describe a case of phlegmasia cerulea dolens secondary to venous thrombosis due to compression of inferior vena cava, in a 31-year-old man with a germ cell tumour. He was treated with systemic thrombolytic agents, intravenous heparin and urgent chemotherapy He presented a complete tumoral response and complete revascularization of the vena cava and right femoral vein.
Chirivella González
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Servicio de Hematología y Oncología Médica, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Universidad de Valencia. chirivella_isa@gva.es
Teruel Casasús
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Magro Molina
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Insa Mollá
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Rodríguez Braun
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Cervantes Ruipérez
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*