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What scenarios do you utilize CT venography in the workup of suspected DVT?

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Hematology · Mayo Clinic

There are likely a limited number of scenarios in which a CT venogram should be ordered. My own approach is as follows:

  1. Bilateral deep venous thrombosis: to exclude IVC obstruction. Anecdotally, in the younger patients, we have made a diagnosis of IVC atresia.
  2. Suspected May-Thurner syndrome: typica...

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Hematology · Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System

I reserve the CT venogram for patients with a high suspicion of DVT.

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