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Recurrent deep venous thrombosis in an HIV-positive and injecting drug user woman

We report a case of recurrent deep venous thrombosis in a 44-year-old woman, intravenous drug user and HIV-infected, who injected cocaine in the groins and veins of the dorsum of the feet. She suffered several episodes of deep venous thrombosis and soft-tissue infections in the lower limbs. Images o...

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Autores principales: dos Santos, Vitorino Modesto, Teles, Ludmila Thommen, Leão, Carlos Eduardo Silva, Lopes, Jânio Wagner Pinheiro, Fastudo, Custodio Abel, Lima, Regina Lucas Machada
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Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3326849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22529454
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.93822
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author dos Santos, Vitorino Modesto
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description We report a case of recurrent deep venous thrombosis in a 44-year-old woman, intravenous drug user and HIV-infected, who injected cocaine in the groins and veins of the dorsum of the feet. She suffered several episodes of deep venous thrombosis and soft-tissue infections in the lower limbs. Images of Doppler ultrasound scan revealed thrombosis in the right popliteal vein with partial recanalization and calcified thrombi in the territory of the right femoral vein. After use of heparin and oral anticoagulation, her clinical evolution was uneventful, and she was asymptomatic at the occasion of the hospital discharge. This report calls for better awareness about injections in the groins and superficial femoral veins, which are part of the deep venous system. Thrombosis related to HIV infection is highlighted.
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spelling pubmed-33268492012-04-23 Recurrent deep venous thrombosis in an HIV-positive and injecting drug user woman dos Santos, Vitorino Modesto Teles, Ludmila Thommen Leão, Carlos Eduardo Silva Lopes, Jânio Wagner Pinheiro Fastudo, Custodio Abel Lima, Regina Lucas Machada Indian J Sex Transm Dis AIDS Case Report We report a case of recurrent deep venous thrombosis in a 44-year-old woman, intravenous drug user and HIV-infected, who injected cocaine in the groins and veins of the dorsum of the feet. She suffered several episodes of deep venous thrombosis and soft-tissue infections in the lower limbs. Images of Doppler ultrasound scan revealed thrombosis in the right popliteal vein with partial recanalization and calcified thrombi in the territory of the right femoral vein. After use of heparin and oral anticoagulation, her clinical evolution was uneventful, and she was asymptomatic at the occasion of the hospital discharge. This report calls for better awareness about injections in the groins and superficial femoral veins, which are part of the deep venous system. Thrombosis related to HIV infection is highlighted. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3326849/ /pubmed/22529454 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.93822 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title Recurrent deep venous thrombosis in an HIV-positive and injecting drug user woman
title_full Recurrent deep venous thrombosis in an HIV-positive and injecting drug user woman
title_fullStr Recurrent deep venous thrombosis in an HIV-positive and injecting drug user woman
title_full_unstemmed Recurrent deep venous thrombosis in an HIV-positive and injecting drug user woman
title_short Recurrent deep venous thrombosis in an HIV-positive and injecting drug user woman
title_sort recurrent deep venous thrombosis in an hiv-positive and injecting drug user woman
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3326849/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22529454
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2589-0557.93822
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