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SUBMITTER: Aquino-Jose VM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7012569 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aquino-Jose Victor M VM Johnson Jennifer J Dulani Tina T
Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine 20200121 1
Internal jugular vein (IJV) thrombosis is an unusual condition, especially when it develops bilaterally. This is a case of bilateral IJV thrombosis in a 77-year old female who presented to the emergency department with neck and arm swelling after discontinuing apixaban and undergoing an oropharyngeal procedure. The diagnosis of bilateral IJV thrombosis was made with the use of point-of-care ultrasound to evaluate bilateral jugular vein distention and bilateral upper extremity pitting edema found ...[more]