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Query: UMLS:C0149871 (deep vein thrombosis)
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Pseudothrombophlebitis secondary to rupture of a Baker's cyst had been described repeatedly in the literature of rheumatology. If this condition is mistaken for deep venous thrombosis and treated with anticoagulation, serious complication may result, like hematoma of the lower legs or retroperitoneal and gastrointestinal bleeding. The case demonstrated here shows that this condition is not limited to patients with chronic rheumatoid polyarthritis. Qur patient with an endoprosthesis of the knee suffered from marked reaction to metal (= metallosis) in addition to malacia patellae. The resulting severe synovitis was the cause for pseudothrombophlebitis. Therefore, in cases of suspected venous thrombosis in combination with gonarthritis, and arthrogram of the knee joint or a cystogram should be obtained in order to exclude the possibility of pseudothrombophlebitis.
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PMID:[Pseudothrombophlebitis, a rare complication following total replacement of the knee joint (author's transl)]. 708 Jun 19

Pseudothrombophlebitis syndrome is the occurrence of calf pain and swelling caused by extrinsic compression of the popliteal vessels by an enlarging Baker's cyst or by calf inflammation that occurs as the result of a ruptured Baker's cyst. Few cases of pseudothrombophlebitis syndrome have been reported in patients less than 18 years of age, and nearly all these young patients had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Reported here is the case of a 17-year-old male patient without rheumatic disease who presented to the outpatient clinic with a 1-week history of an increasingly painful swelling of the right calf without any history of precipitating factors for a deep vein thrombosis.
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PMID:Pseudothrombophlebitis in an adolescent without rheumatic disease. A case report. 795 90

Painful swelling of the calf is a common clinical problem. Distinguishing deep venous thrombosis from pseudothrombophlebitis can be difficult Pseudothrombophlebitis syndrome has been associated with ruptured/dissecting popliteal synovial cysts, localized myositis, inflammatory pseudotumor, popliteal artery aneurysm, and ruptured gastrocnemius, popliteal and/or plantaris tendon/muscles. In this report, we describe two patients for whom magnetic resonance imaging rapidly and accurately identified the cause of pseudothrombophlebitis, thus helping to avoid further testing and unnecessary anticoagulation.
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PMID:Calf pain and swelling (pseudothrombophlebitis) caused by rupture of the plantaris muscle/tendon. 1907 50