Circumflex femoral vein thrombosis misinterpreted as acute hamstring strain

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 460-461

  Papastergiou, Stergios G ^a   Koukoulias, Nikolaos E ^a,d   Tsitouridis, Ioannis ^b   Natsis, Constantinos ^c   Parisis, Constantinos A ^a  

^a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; MYALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; THIGH; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; RUNNING; SPRAINS AND STRAINS; THIGH; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34347394998     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.033027     Document Type: Article

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