E. Zbir et al., EFFORT PHLEBITIS OF THE UPPER-LIMB - REPO RT OF 2 CASES AND REVIEW OFTHE LITERATURE, Annales de cardiologie et d'angeiologie, 44(2), 1995, pp. 65-69
Effort phlebitis, which represented the principal aetiological form of
deep vein thromboses of the upper limb, has become rare, while second
ary forms, especially iatrogenic, are more frequent. The authors repor
t two documented cases of effort phlebitis of the upper limb in two ma
nual labourers aged 38 and 40 years, The aetiopathogenic and clinical
features and clinical course of this disease are analysed,