Deep Vein Thrombus Occurring Immediately After Blunt Abdominal Trauma

• Published in: Pediatric emergency care Vol. 32; no. 8; p. 538
• Main Authors: Oshima, Kiyohiro, Hagiwara, Shuichi, Murata, Masato, Aoki, Makoto, Kaneko, Minoru, Niwamae, Nogiku, Kurabayashi, Masahiko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2016
• Subjects: Abdominal Injuries - complications; Adolescent; Female; Heparin - therapeutic use; Humans; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Venous Thrombosis - diagnostic imaging; Venous Thrombosis - drug therapy; Venous Thrombosis - etiology; Warfarin - therapeutic use; Wounds, Nonpenetrating - complications

A 13-year-old adolescent girl with blunt abdominal injury was transferred to our hospital. Enhanced computed tomography (CT) showed not only retroperitoneal hematoma around the inferior vena cava and left common iliac vein but also thrombus extending from the left common iliac vein to the femoral ve...