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3336868

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-2-4
pubmed:abstractText
A 10-year-old girl had bilateral, symmetrical swelling of the lower extremities, which had been present since the age of 1 year. Noninvasive vascular laboratory measurements of the ambulatory venous pressure, venous recovery time, and maximum venous outflow revealed profound bilateral lower extremity venous valvular incompetence. Duplex imaging of the veins of the lower extremities demonstrated no evidence of thrombosis, and no venous valves could be imaged. On phlebography, the patient was found to have no venous valves in the superficial and deep systems of the leg. We conclude that congenital absence of the venous valves of the lower extremities is almost certainly underdiagnosed and that the vascular laboratory can accurately and easily differentiate between lymphedema and venous valvular imcompetence. Such differentiation may have therapeutic implications.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0039-6060
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
103
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
24-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1988
pubmed:articleTitle
Congenital venous valvular aplasia of the lower extremities.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Ore. 97201.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Case Reports