Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

Paget–Schroetter Syndrome A.K.A. Effort Thrombosis (Upper Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis)

Deven Mittal, Sahil Attri

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Deep vein thrombosis according to etiology classified into primary or secondary and according to location upper limb DVT and lower limb DVT. Incidence of secondary DVT are high and seen mostly in hospitalized patient etiology being indwelling catheter, post surgery, immobilization in sick patients due to neurological disorder, orthopaedic interventions. OCPs, pregnancy, cancer, smoking, HRT, genetic disorders are the other causes for secondary DVT. The most common sites for these venous thromboses are leg and pelvic veins. Primary subclavian vein thrombosis also called effort thrombosis is relatively an uncommon condition with an incidence of 1 in 100000 per year. It was first described by Paget in 1875, and Schroetter  in 1884 independently. Hughes, while reviewing his 320 cases of subclavian vein thrombosis, gave its name as Paget–Schroetter Syndrome. We report below a case of chronic primary upper limb DVT ( Paget–Schroetter syndrome).

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Deven Mittal, Sahil Attri, Paget–Schroetter Syndrome A.K.A. Effort Thrombosis (Upper Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-9 | September-2018

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