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Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis in a 25 year old apparently healthy man

This case of upper extremity deep vein thrombosis is selected for case report as it is a rare form of deep vein thrombosis without a very well established treatment modality and prognosis. The objective of this study was to report the outcome of a 25 years old male patient with idiopathic upper extr...

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Autor principal: Girma, Fitsum
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: African Field Epidemiology Network 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21119987
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description This case of upper extremity deep vein thrombosis is selected for case report as it is a rare form of deep vein thrombosis without a very well established treatment modality and prognosis. The objective of this study was to report the outcome of a 25 years old male patient with idiopathic upper extremity deep vein thrombosis treated conservatively with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and oral warfarin. The data sources used were patient interview, laboratory and radiology investigation results and patient charts. The patient had no apparent recurrence or complication for 3 years except the presence of occasional dull pain over the affected left upper extremity.
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spelling pubmed-29843032010-11-30 Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis in a 25 year old apparently healthy man Girma, Fitsum Pan Afr Med J Life Sciences This case of upper extremity deep vein thrombosis is selected for case report as it is a rare form of deep vein thrombosis without a very well established treatment modality and prognosis. The objective of this study was to report the outcome of a 25 years old male patient with idiopathic upper extremity deep vein thrombosis treated conservatively with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and oral warfarin. The data sources used were patient interview, laboratory and radiology investigation results and patient charts. The patient had no apparent recurrence or complication for 3 years except the presence of occasional dull pain over the affected left upper extremity. African Field Epidemiology Network 2010-01-09 /pmc/articles/PMC2984303/ /pubmed/21119987 Text en Copyright © 2010 Mobolanle Balogun et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Girma, Fitsum
Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis in a 25 year old apparently healthy man
title Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis in a 25 year old apparently healthy man
title_full Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis in a 25 year old apparently healthy man
title_fullStr Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis in a 25 year old apparently healthy man
title_full_unstemmed Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis in a 25 year old apparently healthy man
title_short Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis in a 25 year old apparently healthy man
title_sort upper extremity deep vein thrombosis in a 25 year old apparently healthy man
topic Life Sciences
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2984303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21119987
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