Clinical Case Reports

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

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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.

The paper

Düsseldorf University Hospital

Clinical Case Reports, 3 Aug 2026

doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.73251PubMed 42553393