TY - JOUR
T1 - May-Thurner syndrome
T2 - Diagnosis and management
AU - Brazeau, Nicholas F.
AU - Harvey, Harlan B.
AU - Pinto, Erique G.
AU - Deipolyi, Amy
AU - Hesketh, Richard L.
AU - Oklu, Rahmi
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - For over fifty years, the pathogenesis of May-Thurner syndrome (MTS) has been associated with chronic left common iliac vein compression resulting in the formation of intraluminal, permanent obstructive lesions. However, despite this association, the mechanism by which compression produces these lesions is unknown. Diagnostic accuracy of MTS is critical since it often afflicts young patients requiring endovascular management. Th is review will focus on the historical, embryological and evolutionary description of MTS and examine its development, diagnosis, clinical management and potential diagnostic errors.
AB - For over fifty years, the pathogenesis of May-Thurner syndrome (MTS) has been associated with chronic left common iliac vein compression resulting in the formation of intraluminal, permanent obstructive lesions. However, despite this association, the mechanism by which compression produces these lesions is unknown. Diagnostic accuracy of MTS is critical since it often afflicts young patients requiring endovascular management. Th is review will focus on the historical, embryological and evolutionary description of MTS and examine its development, diagnosis, clinical management and potential diagnostic errors.
KW - Iliac vein compression
KW - May-Thurner syndrome
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U2 - 10.1024/0301-1526/a000252
DO - 10.1024/0301-1526/a000252
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23485836
AN - SCOPUS:84875142394
SN - 0301-1526
VL - 42
SP - 96
EP - 105
JO - Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases
JF - Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases
IS - 2
ER -