Phlegmasia cerulea dolens: case report on a HIV-AIDS patient in a sub-saharian semi-urban practice

Venous thromboembolism has also become a major health concern in sub-saharian Africa. Studies addressing at this issue are rare in Cameroon. Thus, the case reported here presents singular characteristics: its clinical form, phlegmasia cerulea dolens, a severe but uncommon complication of venous thro...

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Autores principales: Abah, Joseph Pierre, Menanga, Alain, Njoyo, Laah, Ze Minkande, Josephine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4391905/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25870737
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.282.4385
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author Abah, Joseph Pierre
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description Venous thromboembolism has also become a major health concern in sub-saharian Africa. Studies addressing at this issue are rare in Cameroon. Thus, the case reported here presents singular characteristics: its clinical form, phlegmasia cerulea dolens, a severe but uncommon complication of venous thromboembolism; and its infrequent recorded triggering factor, HIV-AIDS.
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spelling pubmed-43919052015-04-13 Phlegmasia cerulea dolens: case report on a HIV-AIDS patient in a sub-saharian semi-urban practice Abah, Joseph Pierre Menanga, Alain Njoyo, Laah Ze Minkande, Josephine Pan Afr Med J Case Report Venous thromboembolism has also become a major health concern in sub-saharian Africa. Studies addressing at this issue are rare in Cameroon. Thus, the case reported here presents singular characteristics: its clinical form, phlegmasia cerulea dolens, a severe but uncommon complication of venous thromboembolism; and its infrequent recorded triggering factor, HIV-AIDS. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2014-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4391905/ /pubmed/25870737 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2014.19.282.4385 Text en © Joseph Pierre Abah 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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Phlegmasia cerulea dolens: case report on a HIV-AIDS patient in a sub-saharian semi-urban practice
title Phlegmasia cerulea dolens: case report on a HIV-AIDS patient in a sub-saharian semi-urban practice
title_full Phlegmasia cerulea dolens: case report on a HIV-AIDS patient in a sub-saharian semi-urban practice
title_fullStr Phlegmasia cerulea dolens: case report on a HIV-AIDS patient in a sub-saharian semi-urban practice
title_full_unstemmed Phlegmasia cerulea dolens: case report on a HIV-AIDS patient in a sub-saharian semi-urban practice
title_short Phlegmasia cerulea dolens: case report on a HIV-AIDS patient in a sub-saharian semi-urban practice
title_sort phlegmasia cerulea dolens: case report on a hiv-aids patient in a sub-saharian semi-urban practice
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