[Ambulatory recurring or migrating phlebitis of subacute appearance (analysis of 30 cases)]

An analysis was made of 30 cases of recurrent migrating phlebitis, mostly of the subacute type, some of them superficial, others deep-seated; the various, well-known predisposing causes could be identified, as well as in some cases the precipitating causes, which might be single or multiple. If these causes were definite or secondary, this pathology was only rarely a malignant tumor but more often, listed in the order of their frequency : a post-phlebitic conditions, arteritis (often with concomitant polyglobulia or hyperuricemia), hernia of the diaphragm, gout, venous anomalies (Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome or avalvularity), polycythemia and periarteritis nodosa. Another possibility is nodular vasculitis.