Name
THROMBOPHLEBITIS
DESCRIPTION
DETAIL
D.D. : - MUSCLE TRAUMA - BACTERIAL CELLULITIS - VENOUS VALVULAR INSUFFICIENCY - RUPTURED POPLITEAL CYST - LYMPHEDEMA - ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISORDERSOTHER TESTS : * M.R. VENOGRAPHY * PALIN VENOGRAPHY * MRI - THERE IS ABSENT FLOW VOID WITHIN THE AFFECTED VEINS. * VENOUS PLETHYSMOGRAPHY - 83% POSITIVE PREDICTIVE ACCURACY FOR DEEP VEINS * DOPPLER ULTRA SOUND & B MODE ULTRASONOGRAPHY ( 90% SENSITIVITY IN DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS ) * I-125 FIBRINOGEN SCANNING - RARELY USED BUT BETTER AT DETECTING CALF VEIN THROMBOSIS
TYPENOTES
RISK FACTORS : AGE > 40, PRIOR H/O THROMBOSIS, SURGERY OR TRAUMA, IMMOBILIZATION, VENOUS STASIS, VARICOSE VEINS, CHF, MI, OBESITY, ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES, CANCER, CVA, PREGNANCY, INFLAMMATORY DISEASES LIKE SLE, CROHN DISEASE, THROMBOANGITIS OBLITERANS.
RELATED DISEASE
Not Available Disease
DISEASE
INVESTIGATION
PERIPHERAL VESSELS DOPPLER, COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT, MRI