[Deep venous thrombosis in a patient with superficial thrombophlebitis. Apropos of 2 cases]

Deep vein thrombosis in patient with superficial thrombophlebitis of the leg. Description of two cases. Two clinical cases already observed at our Department of Vascular Surgery, regarding patients with superficial thrombophlebitis (STF) associated with a deep venous thrombosis (DVT) are presented. The diagnosis of DVT was achieved exclusively on the basis of the duplex scanner because the two patients were completely asymptomatic. The chance that symptoms and clinical signs of STF cover a DVT is a possibility that should always be considered. For this reason every STF should be further investigated with duplex scanner in order to exclude that the deep venous circulation get involved at the same time. The DVT in these cases is generally due to the spreading of the thrombosis process from the perforating branches. The chance of a multiple onset of thrombosis in the superficial and deep circulation represents anyway an hypothesis worth of studying.