Abstract
Venous Thrombosis is a rare disorder of childhood. The scientific advances in neonatal and paediatric critical care has decreased neonatal mortality rate, however, it is associated with an increase in the incidence of complications which were rare, one such being venous thrombosis.
Highlights
Venous thrombosis is a rare pediatric disorder seen more often as a secondary complication to an unrelated primary disease process
Venous Thrombosis can be seen as a complication to central venous catheterisation, congenital prothrombotic disorders etc
The present case is of an eighteen month old girl child who presented with features suggestive of lower limb cellulitis but was subsequently detected to have extensive deep venous thrombosis of the lower limb veins
Summary
Venous thrombosis is a rare pediatric disorder seen more often as a secondary complication to an unrelated primary disease process. The present case is of an eighteen month old girl child who presented with features suggestive of lower limb cellulitis but was subsequently detected to have extensive deep venous thrombosis of the lower limb veins. An eighteen month old girl child presented with complaints of fever since five days and sudden onset painful oedema of the right lower limb since one day. An ultra sonogram with Duplex Colour Doppler of the lower limb was done which revealed a thrombus in the right popliteal vein. The patient was started on Low Molecular Weight Heparin in view of the extensive thrombus in the deep venous system. A follow up Doppler study after ten days of low molecular weight heparin therapy showed partial recanalization of the vein. Patient is thriving well on follow up with no obvious post thrombotic sequelae
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