Case challenge · Vascular / Emergency / Internal medicine · teaching

Lower-Limb Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) — Diagnostic Pathway · case challenge

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Case #1Vascular / Emergency / Internal medicine

📋 Case data

Wells-DVT scoreLikely (≥2)

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Step 1 / 1 · Wells-DVT score

Wells-DVT score (two-level)?

💡 +1 each: active cancer, leg paralysis/immobilization/recent cast, bedridden ≥3 days or major surgery ≤12 weeks, tenderness along deep veins, whole-leg swelling, calf circumference >3 cm vs the other side, pitting edema of the affected leg, collateral superficial veins (non-varicose), previous DVT (+1); an equally likely alternative diagnosis (−2). ≤1 = 'unlikely', ≥2 = 'likely'.

For teaching. Decisions and their basis are taken from this site's reviewed care pathways; for licensed clinicians/trainees, this does not replace clinical judgment or local protocols.