Clinical problem-solving. A sinister development--a 35-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of progressive swelling and pain in her left leg, without antecedent trauma.
Fazel
Reza
R
Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. rfazel@emory.edu
Froehlich
James B
JB
Williams
David M
DM
Saint
Sanjay
S
Nallamothu
Brahmajee K
BK
D000328:Adult; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology; D017984:Enoxaparin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D007084:Iliac Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D007866:Leg; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010690:Phlebography; D013577:Syndrome; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
D000925:Anticoagulants; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D017984:Enoxaparin; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator