Paget-Schroetter Syndrome in Nonathletic 31-Year-Old Female Without Hypercoagulopathy

Abstract

Paget-Schroetter syndrome is an infrequent event in which an upper-extremity thrombosis forms typically after strenuous overhead activities, such as weight-lifting, swimming, pitching, and wrestling. This occurs most frequently in athletic men in their second or third decade of life and may be associated with thoracic outlet anatomical abnormalities that result in venous compression and increased risk for repetitive microtrauma leading to thrombosis. An atypical presentation in a 31-year-old nonathletic woman information technology worker without hypercoagulability is presented here.