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. 2023 Aug 3;8(4):e224.
doi: 10.1097/j.pbj.0000000000000224. eCollection 2023 Jul-Aug.

May-Thurner syndrome: a case report

Mariana L Matos  1 , Maria Inês T S Matos  1 , Carlos M S P M Grijó  1 , Marta F S Patacho  1 , António J S Almeida  1
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May-Thurner syndrome: a case report

Mariana L Matos et al. Porto Biomed J. .
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Conflict of interest statement

This case was previously presented in Portugal at the 28º Congresso Nacional de Medicina Interna, on October 2, 2022.

Figures

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Figure 1.
Chest computed tomography showing pulmonary embolism (arrows).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Abdominal computed tomography showing left common iliac vein compression by right common iliac artery (arrow).
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Abdominal computed tomography showing a stent in the left common iliac vein (arrow).
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