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Fitsum Habte. Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis in a 25 years old apparently healthy man. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2010;4:2 Key words: Deep vein thrombosis, axillary vein, subclavian vein, Paget-Schroetter syndrome Permanent link: http://www.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/4/2/full Received: 19/10/2009 - Accepted: 28/12/2009 - Published: 09/01/2010 © Fitsum Habte et al. The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis in a 25 years old apparently healthy man
Fitsum Girma1,&
1All Africa Leprosy, TB Rehabilitation, Research and Training Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
&Corresponding author
Fitsum Girma, All Africa Leprosy, TB Rehabilitation, Research and Training Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Abstract
This case of upper extremity deep vein thrombosis is selected for case report as it is a rare form of deep vein thrombosis without a very well established treatment modality and prognosis. The objective of this study was to report the outcome of a 25 years old male patient with idiopathic upper extremity deep vein thrombosis treated conservatively with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and oral warfarin. The data sources used were patient interview, laboratory and radiology investigation results and patient charts. The patient had no apparent recurrence or complication for 3 years except the presence of occasional dull pain over the affected left upper extremity.
