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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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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 |
author_facet | Mustafa, Alam Eldin Musa Tahir, Niemat Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed, Nur Allah Elnaji Mohammed, Adil Abdullah Mohammed, Sara Ismail |
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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/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report 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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