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Phlegmasia cerulea dolens secondary to an aortoiliac aneurysm
Morten Vetrhus1,2, Jørgen Bendik Vennesland1, Samir Issa Othman Hasan3
1Vascular Surgery Unit, Department of Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
Abstract:
Phlegmasia cerulea dolens is an uncommon entity. We present a case of phlegmasia cerulea dolens secondary to an aortoiliac aneurysm that compressed the common iliac vein. Catheter-directed thrombolysis was not considered to be a suitable option, because the patient needed an urgent fasciotomy. The aneurysm was treated with a bifurcated stent graft and the thrombosed veins were opened with pharmacomechanical thrombectomy and recombinant tissue plasminogen activator. The reopened iliac veins, including an aneurysmal external iliac vein, were stented and fasciotomy was performed. Pharmacomechanical thrombectomy can be performed with a low dose of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator and allows for subsequent surgery.
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