Venous occlusion secondary to subluxation of the shoulder--a case report.

This is the case report of an eighty-seven-year-old woman who was seen be cause of swelling of her left upper extremity and breast of one week's duration. She had a history of severe arthritis of the knees and had been wheelchair-bound for seven years. Venography showed compression of the cephalic vein and throm bosis of the distal basilic vein with extension into the axillary and subclavian veins. To the author's knowledge, this is the first case report of venous throm bosis in association with subluxation of the shoulder.