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• TITLE: Right Inguinal Varicose Vein in Connection with Femoral Vein Following Intravenous Drug Abuse: A Rare Radiologic Finding

  AUTHORS: Ahmad Rezaee Azandaryani, Mehrdad Taghipour, Leili Ebrahimi Farsangi

  KEYWORDS: Substance Abuse, Intravenous, Varicose Vein

  JOURNAL NAME: Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, Vol.6 No.5, May 23, 2017

  ABSTRACT: Varicose veins are enlarged, protuberant superficial veins that are palpable beneath the skin. The causes of such a venous pathology may be primary, secondary, or congenital. The major agents leading to the development of varicose veins include: Hereditary, prolonged standing, Increasing age, Heavy lifting, Prior superficial or deep vein clots, Female gender and Multiple pregnancies. In this manuscript, we report a case of inguinal varicose vein in connection with femoral vein, resulted from direct intravenous injection of drug. The diagnosis was made based on Doppler sonography.