VASCULAR VIBRATION INJURY AND PAGET-SHROETTER SYNDROME

Abstract

Sindrom Paget-Schroetter je relativno rijetko medicinsko stanje koje označava primarnu trombozu aksilarne vene odnosno vene supklavije na kostoklavikularnom spoju. Vibracijska ozljeda rijedak je etiološki čimbenik u nastanku ovog kliničkog entiteta. Prikazujemo slučaj 28-godišnjeg muškarca koji se prezentirao s akutno nastalim edemom lijeve ruke nakon cjelodnevnog rada s pneumatskom bušilicom. Vaskularnim ultrazvukom dokazan je tromb u lijevoj aksilarnoj veni te u veni supklaviji, te je započeta terapija niskomolekularnim heparinom.Paget-Schroetter syndrome is a relatively uncommon condition related to primary thrombosis of the axillary/subclavian vein at the costoclavicular junction. Vibration injury is an unusual cause of this syndrome. We report on a 28-year-old man who presented with acute onset left arm swelling after whole-day work with a pneumatic drill. Duplex ultrasound confirmed the presence of a thrombus in his left axillary and subclavian vein, which was treated with low molecular weight heparin, eventually switched to oral anticoagulation

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