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Would you anticoagulate a patient with an asymptomatic gonadal vein thrombosis on CT scan, found on surveillance imaging for colorectal cancer?

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Hematology · Mayo Clinic

This is an area for which there are very limited reports (case reports/series) and certainly no small or large prospective studies. My bias is to initiate anticoagulation. It would be very important to look for an underlying malignancy or other explanation for the thrombus.

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