Three Cases of Superficial Migratory Thrombophlebitis

Park, Jae Kyung; Pyun, Sae Hyun; Kang, Soo Chan; Kim, Sang Won

Abstract

We report herein three cases of superficial migratory thrornbophlebitis, who were all male, aged 33(Case 1), 49(Case 2), and 41(Case 3), respectively. Common to all three cases were the lesions which were multiple tender superfieial erythematous nodules, about 0.5 to 1.5cm in diameter, in cord-like indurations slong the superficial veins over the legs and feet. Histopathologically, the deep dermal veins commonly showed luminal occlusions by thrombi, and inflarnmstory infiltrates of a fairly large number of lyrnphohistiocytes and a few giant cells in their walls and surrounding tissues. Cases 1 and 2 were with idiopathic type, and Cage 3was associated with Buergers disease. The systemic therapy with dipyridamole, nicotinamide, aspirin and piraicam had been tried with unsatisfactory results.