Assessment and Interpretation of Common Iliac Vein Occlusive Pathology

Abstract

Compression of the iliac outflow tract resulting in occlusion may occur at multiple anatomical sites, collectively termed iliac vein compression syndromes. The eponymously named May-Thurner or Cockett syndromes are the most well known and refer specifically to compression of the left common iliac vein (LCIV) by the overlying right common iliac artery. 1 Longstanding and repetitive pulsatile external