A 20-year-old woman with pulmonary embolism and deep vein thrombosis associated with May-Thurner syndrome

May-Thurner syndrome (MTS) is a clinical condition characterized by the compression of the left common iliac vein between the overlying right common iliac artery and the underlying lumbar vertebrae. Although MTS can lead to deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and, in some cases, pulmonary embolism (PE), it r...

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Published in:	Radiology Case Reports
Main Authors:	Yusuke Yamazaki, MD, Hidehiko Ikura, MD, Toru Egashira, MD, PhD, Toshimi Kageyama, MD, Masaru Shibata, MD, Kazunori Moritani, MD, PhD, Hideo Mitamura, MD, PhD
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2025-09-01
Subjects:	May-Thurner syndrome Iliac vein compression syndrome Deep vein thrombosis Pulmonary embolism Woman Computed tomography angiography
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043325004418