ILIAC COMPRESSION SYNDROME TREATED WITH STENT PLACEMENT

Iliac compression syndrome is usually diagnosed during the third and f ourth decades of life when the patient has iliofemoral deep vein throm bosis. Catheter-directed thrombolytic therapy is an accepted method of treatment for iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis, which has been report ed to afford greater success with clot dissolution than with system th erapy. Although this method is not new, this is the first case, to our knowledge, reporting successful treatment of computerized tomographic ally demonstrated iliac compression syndrome with stent placement afte r lysis and insufficient response to balloon angioplasty.