Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift. Supplementum
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Schweiz Med Wochenschr Suppl · Jan 1996
[Value of abdominal ultrasonography in deep venous thrombosis. Retrospective study of 104 patients].
An association between venous thrombosis and cancer was first suggested by Armand Trousseau in 1865 and subsequently confirmed by a number of studies. It was therefore concluded that laboratory tests, chest radiograph and abdominal ultrasonography should be routinely performed on all patients with deep venous thrombosis. The aim of our retrospective study was to detect the clinical relevance of abdominal ultrasonography findings, especially tumors, in patients with deep venous thrombosis of the lower extremities. ⋯ The overall rate of newly detected malignancies was 10 (10%), of which 6 were detected during hospitalization and 4 afterwards. Based on these results we can recommend routine performance of abdominal ultrasonography on patients with deep venous thrombosis. A literature overview is given.