Abstract
Twenty-nine patients with clinical suspicion of iliofemoral venous thrombosis were investigated by duplex-Doppler ultrasound and phlebography. Twenty-two of the patients were proven to have thrombosis in one of the lower limbs by both duplex-Doppler ultrasound and phlebology. Of these, 19 patients had iliofemoral thrombosis. The upper end of the thrombus could be demonstrated with ultrasound in only two patients. It is concluded that duplex-Doppler ultrasound is very reliable for the diagnosis of the thrombotic condition but that for proper determination of the upper end of an iliofemoral thrombosis phlebography is still needed, especially if operative treatment is contemplated.
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