[Calcified deep vein thrombosis in a patient with recurrent deep vein thrombosis and sarcoidosis]

Acta Med Croatica. 2013 Dec;67(5):447-9.
[Article in Croatian]

Abstract

In this article, we present a rare case of calcified deep vein thrombosis in a 42-year-old female patient with frequent relapses of pulmonary sarcoidosis since 1995, for which she was on maintenance therapy with corticosteroids and with consequential secondary diabetes. Recent femoral vein thrombosis was diagnosed with color Doppler in 2012. At the same time, calcified occlusive thrombus in vena cava inferior from the level of renal vein to the confluence of hepatic veins was diagnosed on abdominal multi-slice computed tomography (MSCT). Digital subtraction venography (DSV) revealed a well-developed collateral circulation through the paravertebral veins, azygos and hemiazygos vein. There were no risk factors for thrombosis other than sarcoidosis and diabetes. Deep vein thrombosis is rarely described with sarcoidosis, but according to literature reports, it usually appears as a recurrence and simultaneously at multiple locations. According to the current knowledge, we cannot say for sure whether it is a disease with an increased risk of deep vein thrombosis or there is a combination of multiple risk factors present simultaneously.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Female
  • Femoral Vein / diagnostic imaging*
  • Humans
  • Recurrence
  • Renal Veins / diagnostic imaging*
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / complications*
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / diagnostic imaging
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Vascular Calcification / diagnostic imaging
  • Vascular Calcification / etiology*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging*
  • Venous Thrombosis / complications*
  • Venous Thrombosis / diagnostic imaging*