DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.73251 ISSN: 2050-0904

Interventional Mechanical Thrombectomy for Limb Salvage in Rapidly Progressive Phlegmasia Cerulea Dolens

Johan Filo, Manuel Stern, Malte Kelm, Lucas Busch, Patricia Wischmann

ABSTRACT

Mechanical thrombectomy can provide rapid, fibrinolysis‐free restoration of venous flow in phlegmasia cerulea dolens. This case highlights an unusually severe course with extensive iliofemorocaval thrombosis, rhabdomyolysis, MRI‐confirmed muscle necrosis, and arterial hypoperfusion despite anticoagulation, in which urgent intervention achieved limb salvage.

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