May-Thurner syndrome: an uncommon and incidental finding in a postpartum female

Navjot Singh; Manjot Kaur; Vivek Jirankali

doi:10.5114/pjr.2019.89193

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Gastrointestinal and abdominal radiology

abstract:

Case report

May-Thurner syndrome: an uncommon and incidental finding in a postpartum female

Navjot Singh

¹

,

Manjot Kaur

²

,

Vivek Jirankali

¹

Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32, Chandigarh, India

ESIC Model Hospital, Ramdarbar, Chandigarh, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pjr.2019.89193

Online publish date: 2019/09/23

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May-Thurner syndrome or Cockett syndrome is a pathological condition that arises due to extrinsic compression on iliocaval venous territory, leading to venous outflow obstruction. Here, author presents an incidental finding of left common iliac vein extrinsic compression by right common iliac artery with collateral vessels in the pelvis in a postpartum female.

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deep vein thrombosis (DVT), common iliac vein (CIV), common iliac artery (CIA), May-Thurner syndrome (MTS), contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT)

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May-Thurner syndrome: an uncommon and incidental finding in a postpartum female

Navjot Singh 1 , Manjot Kaur 2 , Vivek Jirankali 1

deep vein thrombosis (DVT), common iliac vein (CIV), common iliac artery (CIA), May-Thurner syndrome (MTS), contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT)

Navjot Singh

¹

,

Manjot Kaur

²

,

Vivek Jirankali

¹