title: Successful catheter-directed venous thrombolysis in an ankylosing spondylitis patient with phlegmasia cerulea dolens.
abstract: Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an inflammatory rheumatic disease. Phlegmasia cerulea dolens is a severe form of deep vein thrombosis characterized by swelling, pain, and bluish discoloration. Treatment delay may cause venous gangrene, tissue ischemia, limb loss or death. Here, we present an AS case who presented with phlegmasia cerulea dolens and treated by catheter-directed thrombolysis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center (ADIR), Imam Khomeini Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Hadi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rokni Yazdi
authors.forename: Nematollah
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authors.lastname: Rostami
authors.forename: Homa
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authors.lastname: Hakimian
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mohammadifar
authors.forename: Mahsa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghajarzadeh
keywords: Spondylitis, Ankylosing; Thrombosis; Treatment; Venous
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