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. 2016 May;109(5):349.
doi: 10.1093/qjmed/hcw014. Epub 2016 Feb 24.

May-Thurner syndrome

T-H Ho  1 , C-Y Lee  2
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May-Thurner syndrome

T-H Ho et al. QJM. 2016 May.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Abdominopelvic contrast-enhanced computed tomography showing left common iliac vein (A, black arrow) compressed by the right common iliac artery (A, white arrow). An endovascular stent (B, arrow) across the stenotic segment of the left common iliac vein.
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