Spermatic vein thrombosis with lupus anticoagulant, a cause of acute inguinal pain: a case report

Patients with lupus anticoagulants are at high risk of systemic arterial and venous thrombosis and arterial stroke. We present an unusual case of a young man presenting inguinal pain. Doppler ultrasound revealed spermatic vein thrombosis on the left side. Hematologic workup revealed positive lupus a...

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Autores principales: Aynaou, Mohammed, Mhanna, Tarik, Elhoumaidi, Amine, Boateng, Paapa Dua, Barki, Ali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7422753/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32849980
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.125.20448
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Sumario:Patients with lupus anticoagulants are at high risk of systemic arterial and venous thrombosis and arterial stroke. We present an unusual case of a young man presenting inguinal pain. Doppler ultrasound revealed spermatic vein thrombosis on the left side. Hematologic workup revealed positive lupus anticoagulant. The patient was treated with therapeutic heparin.

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