RT Book, Section
A1 Beckman, Joshua A.
A2 Dean, Steven M.
A2 Satiani, Bhagwan
A2 Abraham, William T.
SR Print(0)
ID 1105291270
T1 EVALUATION AND TREATMENT OF CALF VEIN THROMBOSIS
T2 Color Atlas and Synopsis of Vascular Diseases
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Medical
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071749541
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105291270
RD 2024/04/16
AB A  49-year-old  man  returns  from  a  1-week  trip  to  Hong  Kong  and  reports  right  calf  cramping  that  started  after  picking  up  his  luggage.  Over  the  next  2  days  the  cramping  persists,  is  made  worse  by  walking,  and  the  right  calf  becomes  swollen  (Figure  52-1).  He  sees  his  primary  care  physician,  who  refers  the  patient  for  a  lower  extremity  duplex  ultrasound  examination.  The  examination  reveals  no  evidence  for  proximal  deep  vein  involvement,  but  he  does  have  acute  peroneal  and  posterior  tibial  vein  thrombosis.  Low–molecular  weight  heparin  therapy  is  initiated  and  the  patient  is  transitioned  to  warfarin  anticoagulation  for  a  3-month  therapeutic  course.