THROMBOSIS OF THE AXILLARY VEIN
Authors: Irving Greenfield
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Case Reports1 October 1942THROMBOSIS OF THE AXILLARY VEINIRVING GREENFIELD, M.D.IRVING GREENFIELD, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-4-732 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe literature on the subject of thrombosis of the axillary vein is rather scant. The first description of this as a clinical entity was made in 1884 by Von Schrotter1who expressed the opinion that thrombosis of the axillary vein followed an effort which resulted in a sudden stretching of the vein and compression of its walls. The damage thus produced in the vessel wall resulted in a localized phlebitis. In 1920, Cadenat2reviewed the literature and collected 27 reported cases. Gould and Patey3added eight cases of their own in 1928. Paggi4in a review in 1933 was able...Bibliography1. VON SCHROTTER : Quoted by Cadenat.2 Google Scholar2. CADENAT FM: Les thrombophlébites du membre supérieure, Paris méd., 1920, xxxvi, 253-259. Google Scholar3. GOULDPATEY EPDH: Primary thrombosis of the axillary vein: a study of eight cases, Brit. Jr. Surg., 1928, xvi, 208. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. PAGGI B: Quoted by Matas.5 Google Scholar5. MATAS R: Primary thrombosis of the axillary vein caused by strain, Am. Jr. Surg., 1934, xxiv, 642-666. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. LOWENSTEIN PS: Thrombosis of the axillary vein: an anatomic study, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1924, lxxxii, 854-857. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. HORTON BT: Primary thrombosis of the axillary vein, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1931, xcvi, 2194-2196. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. SCHEPELMANN E: Kasuistische Beiträge zur Venenthrombose mit besonderer Berücksichtigung alterer und neuerer Theorien der Thrombose, Med. Klin. Beihefte, 1911, vii, 23-54. Google Scholar9. BARKER NW: Axillary thrombophlebitis caused by strain or effort, Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin., 1935, x, 156. Google Scholar10. VEALMCFETRIDGE JREM: Primary thrombosis of the axillary vein, Arch. Surg., 1935, xxxi, 271. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. PELLOT : Un cas de thrombose veneuse du membre superieur droit (phlebite par effort), Presse méd., 1926, xxiv, 523. Google Scholar12. LOHR W: Ueber die sogenannte traumatische Thrombose der Vena axillans und subclavia, Deutsch. Ztschr. f. Chir., 1929, ccxiv, 263-299. Google Scholar13. GOLDBERGFOLEY RIJA: Primary thrombosis of the axillary vein, New England Jr. Med., 1938, ccxviii, 521-524. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. TAYLOR CH: Primary thrombosis of the subclavian vein, Brit. Med. Jr., 1933, ii, 818-819. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. ROSENTHAL WJ: Ueber Thrombose an der oberen Extremität nach Anstrengungen, Deutsch. Ztschr. f. Chir., 1912, cxvii, 405-424. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. FINKELSTEIN B: Benigne Thrombose der oberen Extremität, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1927, xxxv, 198. Google Scholar17. WINTERSTEIN O: Ueber Gefässverletzungen mit Beiträgen zum traumatischen segmentären Arterienspasmus und zur traumatischen Thrombose der Vena subclavia, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr., 1935, lv, 360. Google Scholar18. CLUTE HW: Idiopathic thrombosis of the axillary vein, Surg. Clin. North Am., 1931, xi, 253-259. Google Scholar19. KAPLAN T: Thrombosis of the axillary vein, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1938, cx, 2059-2064. CrossrefGoogle Scholar20. CRUICKSHANK MM: Primary thrombosis of the axillary vein, Edinburgh Med. Jr., 1937, xliv, 597-602. Google Scholar21. VEAL JR: Thrombosis of the axillary subclavian vein, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1940, cc, 27-39. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, New York*Received for publication March 27, 1940. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 October 1942Volume 17, Issue 4Page: 732-738KeywordsVeins ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...