title: Chronic common femoral vein occlusion secondary to endometriosis.
abstract: Venous occlusion is sometimes caused by external compression due to adjacent masses. Endometriosis, the presence of functioning endometrial tissue outside the uterine cavity, is a rare cause of venous occlusion. We report a case of chronic common femoral vein occlusion due to endometrioma causing severe leg edema and groin pain that was treated with resection and venous bypass.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill.
authors.forename: Mila H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago, Ill.
authors.forename: Mark L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Keldahl
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Ill. Electronic address: herodrig@nmh.org.
authors.forename: Heron E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Rodriguez