title: Plantar vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
abstract: Plantar vein thrombosis is an unusual and under-diagnosed condition that affects the plantar deep venous system. Current ultrasound investigation protocols for deep venous thrombosis neglect this entity. To our knowledge, there are only seven reports in the literature of 20 patients with plantar vein thrombosis detected with sonography without an associated pulmonary embolism. We present a case report of a patient with a plantar vein thrombosis associated with pulmonary embolism. Patients who present with pain and/or swelling of the foot should undergo ultrasound examination and careful evaluation for respiratory symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Saúde e Ecologia Humana, Vespasiano, Brazil Centro Especializado em Ultrassonografia - CEU, Belo Horizonte, Brazil marciovlbarros@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mvl
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.affiliation: Centro Especializado em Ultrassonografia - CEU, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Is
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: Tls
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.affiliation: Stony Brook University Medical Center, New York, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Labropoulos
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
keywords: Duplex ultrasound; deep vein thrombosis; venous thromboembolism