Signs and Symps
No single feature is diagnostic:
- Single limb oedema – Most specific
- Leg pain – 50% but is nonspecific
- Calf pain on dorsiflexion of the foot (Homan’s sign)
- Tenderness of deep veins – 75% of patients
- Warmth AND/OR erythema (although blanching is possible)
- A palpable, indurated, cordlike, tender subcutaneous venous segment
