A Rare Case of Primary Upper Extremity Varicose Veins

Abstract

AbstractThe incidence of varicosities of upper extremity is far most uncommon from that of lower extremity varicose veins for varied reasons even though the causes are almost the same. Here, the authors present a case of right upper limb varicose veins in a 55-year-old female who is a housewife. After ruling out all the secondary and congenital causes on clinical and Doppler study, the authors diagnosed it as a case of primary upper extremity varicose veins. They referred the case to a vascular surgeon but the patient denied the surgery, and is lost to follow-up. Hence, the authors report this case of primary upper limb varicosities as the incidence is very low when compared with lower extremity, and not much of literature is available except for a few case reports.