Pulmonary thromboembolism: A rare complication of amoebic liver abscess in a child

Amoebic liver abscess is common in children in developing countries due to lack of hygiene and sanitary conditions. Inferior vena cava thrombosis is a rare complication of this disease, with only a few cases reported in the literature, where this thrombus led to pulmonary thromboembolism. We report...

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Autores principales: Aneja, Aradhana, Meena, Shamsunder, Venkatesh, Vybhav, Lal, Sadhna B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2020
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7812450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33490633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12440
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author Aneja, Aradhana
Meena, Shamsunder
Venkatesh, Vybhav
Lal, Sadhna B
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description Amoebic liver abscess is common in children in developing countries due to lack of hygiene and sanitary conditions. Inferior vena cava thrombosis is a rare complication of this disease, with only a few cases reported in the literature, where this thrombus led to pulmonary thromboembolism. We report the case of a 7‐year‐old child with amoebic liver abscess who developed pulmonary thromboembolism and was promptly diagnosed and managed.
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spelling pubmed-78124502021-01-22 Pulmonary thromboembolism: A rare complication of amoebic liver abscess in a child Aneja, Aradhana Meena, Shamsunder Venkatesh, Vybhav Lal, Sadhna B JGH Open Case Reports Amoebic liver abscess is common in children in developing countries due to lack of hygiene and sanitary conditions. Inferior vena cava thrombosis is a rare complication of this disease, with only a few cases reported in the literature, where this thrombus led to pulmonary thromboembolism. We report the case of a 7‐year‐old child with amoebic liver abscess who developed pulmonary thromboembolism and was promptly diagnosed and managed. Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2020-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC7812450/ /pubmed/33490633 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12440 Text en © 2020 The Authors. JGH Open published by Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Pulmonary thromboembolism: A rare complication of amoebic liver abscess in a child
title Pulmonary thromboembolism: A rare complication of amoebic liver abscess in a child
title_full Pulmonary thromboembolism: A rare complication of amoebic liver abscess in a child
title_fullStr Pulmonary thromboembolism: A rare complication of amoebic liver abscess in a child
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary thromboembolism: A rare complication of amoebic liver abscess in a child
title_short Pulmonary thromboembolism: A rare complication of amoebic liver abscess in a child
title_sort pulmonary thromboembolism: a rare complication of amoebic liver abscess in a child
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7812450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33490633
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgh3.12440
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