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Case Reports
. 2011 Apr;15(2):114-6.
doi: 10.4103/0972-5229.83022.

Anasarca sparing one limb

Arunkumar R Pande  1 , Ramesh Aggarwal, Sunita Sharma, Amit G Kumar
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Case Reports

Anasarca sparing one limb

Arunkumar R Pande et al. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2011 Apr.

Abstract

Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis commonly refers to thrombosis of the axillary and/or subclavian veins. This condition may lead to some serious complications like pulmonary embolism if the diagnosis and treatment are delayed. We introduce here one such case where the diagnosis of this rare condition was difficult because of the atypical clinical manifestation but the chylous ascites provided a valuable clue which led to early diagnosis and treatment of this patient.

Keywords: Chylous ascites; Paget-Schroetter syndrome; upper extremity deep vein thrombosis.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

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Photograph of the patient
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Lymphatic drainage of body
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