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Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Left Lower Limb in a Sudanese Child with Sickle Cell Disease

This is a case of an eleven-year-old female Sudanese child, a known Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) patient, who presented with fever, as well as left thigh and leg swelling that was associated with pain and warmness, which was diagnosed as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) of her left lower limb. She had a previ...

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Autores principales: Mustafa, Alam Eldin Musa, Tahir, Niemat Mohammed, Ahmed Mohamed, Nur Allah Elnaji, Mohammed, Adil Abdullah, Mohammed, Sara Ismail
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9697196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36355057
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines9110052
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author Mustafa, Alam Eldin Musa
Tahir, Niemat Mohammed
Ahmed Mohamed, Nur Allah Elnaji
Mohammed, Adil Abdullah
Mohammed, Sara Ismail
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Tahir, Niemat Mohammed
Ahmed Mohamed, Nur Allah Elnaji
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description This is a case of an eleven-year-old female Sudanese child, a known Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) patient, who presented with fever, as well as left thigh and leg swelling that was associated with pain and warmness, which was diagnosed as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) of her left lower limb. She had a previous history of admissions to the emergency room, during which she once received blood. The patient was managed by carrying out a basic routine initial laboratory investigation. A Doppler ultrasound scan showed features consistent with DVT. Based on the clinical findings and investigation results, management began by providing the patient with intravenous fluid, analgesia, packed Red Blood Cells (RBCs), intravenous antibiotics, and low-molecular-weight heparin. Further consultations showed that there was no need for vascular surgery or surgical intervention. This case highlights the need for more studies on DVT and Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) complications in children with SCA, so as to develop strategies for diagnosis and management in order to reduce the risk of life-threatening complications of VTE in patients with Sickle Cell Disease SCD.
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spelling pubmed-96971962022-11-26 Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Left Lower Limb in a Sudanese Child with Sickle Cell Disease Mustafa, Alam Eldin Musa Tahir, Niemat Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed, Nur Allah Elnaji Mohammed, Adil Abdullah Mohammed, Sara Ismail Medicines (Basel) Case Report This is a case of an eleven-year-old female Sudanese child, a known Sickle Cell Anemia (SCA) patient, who presented with fever, as well as left thigh and leg swelling that was associated with pain and warmness, which was diagnosed as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) of her left lower limb. She had a previous history of admissions to the emergency room, during which she once received blood. The patient was managed by carrying out a basic routine initial laboratory investigation. A Doppler ultrasound scan showed features consistent with DVT. Based on the clinical findings and investigation results, management began by providing the patient with intravenous fluid, analgesia, packed Red Blood Cells (RBCs), intravenous antibiotics, and low-molecular-weight heparin. Further consultations showed that there was no need for vascular surgery or surgical intervention. This case highlights the need for more studies on DVT and Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) complications in children with SCA, so as to develop strategies for diagnosis and management in order to reduce the risk of life-threatening complications of VTE in patients with Sickle Cell Disease SCD. MDPI 2022-10-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9697196/ /pubmed/36355057 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines9110052 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Mustafa, Alam Eldin Musa
Tahir, Niemat Mohammed
Ahmed Mohamed, Nur Allah Elnaji
Mohammed, Adil Abdullah
Mohammed, Sara Ismail
Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Left Lower Limb in a Sudanese Child with Sickle Cell Disease
title Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Left Lower Limb in a Sudanese Child with Sickle Cell Disease
title_full Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Left Lower Limb in a Sudanese Child with Sickle Cell Disease
title_fullStr Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Left Lower Limb in a Sudanese Child with Sickle Cell Disease
title_full_unstemmed Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Left Lower Limb in a Sudanese Child with Sickle Cell Disease
title_short Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Left Lower Limb in a Sudanese Child with Sickle Cell Disease
title_sort deep vein thrombosis of the left lower limb in a sudanese child with sickle cell disease
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9697196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36355057
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines9110052
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