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Deep vein thrombosis in a tiler wearing tight knee pads
T Lynch1, J Corrigan, D Murray
1Department of Medicine, Sligo General Hospital. tadhglynch@hotmail.com
Irish Medical Journal
|March 6, 2003
Abstract:
Venous compression is a rare but accepted cause of Deep Venous Thrombosis. We report a case of DVT caused by extrinsic compression of the popliteal vein by constricting elasticated knee pads. The knee pads were worn at work by a Tiler who did not have any hypercoagulability disorder.