Diseases

May-Thurner Syndrome

A compression of ILIAC VEIN that results in a decreased flow in the vein and in the left LOWER EXTREMITY due to a vascular malformation. It may result in left leg EDEMA, pain, iliofemoral DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS and POSTTHROMBOTIC SYNDROME. Compression of the left common ILIAC VEIN by the right common ILIAC ARTERY against the underlying fifth LUMBAR VERTEBRA is the typical underlying malformation.

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A compression of ILIAC VEIN that results in a decreased flow in the vein and in the left LOWER EXTREMITY due to a vascular malformation. It may result in left leg EDEMA, pain, iliofemoral DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS and POSTTHROMBOTIC SYNDROME. Compression of the left common ILIAC VEIN by the right common ILIAC ARTERY against the underlying fifth LUMBAR VERTEBRA is the typical underlying malformation.

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11 entry terms
  • Cockett Syndrome
  • Iliac Vein Compression Syndrome
  • Iliocaval Compression Syndrome
  • Compression Syndrome, Iliocaval
  • Compression Syndromes, Iliocaval
  • Iliocaval Compression Syndromes
  • May Thurner Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Cockett
  • Syndrome, Iliocaval Compression
  • Syndrome, May-Thurner
  • Syndromes, Iliocaval Compression

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2013

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  • Constriction, Pathologic (1983-2012)
  • Peripheral Vascular Diseases (1995-2012)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. May-Thurner Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D062108. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D062108
  2. May-Thurner Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%E2%80%93Thurner_syndrome
  3. May-Thurner Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q605576