Thrombophlebitis migrans following co-trimoxazole therapy.

Thrombophlebitis migrans following co-trimoxazole therapy.

We report an unusual and severe vasculitic disorder following co-trimoxazole, given orally for a urinary tract infection. The vasculitis was manifest solely as thrombophlebitis migrans and involving only veins without evidence of polyarteritis nodosa, or underlying malignancy.

Thrombophlebitis Migrans

This rare malady of obscure aetiology being characterized chiefly by its recurrent attacks of migrating-phlebitis in peripheral as well as in visceral veins. Moorhead and Abrahamson (1928) have described four cases, showing recurrent attacks of phlebitis in various sites, e.g., in the upper and lower limbs, in the mesenteric veins causing abdominal pain, melaena, etc., in the lungs producing pa...

Acute tubular necrosis following co-trimoxazole therapy.

Thrombophlebitis Migrans and Malignancy

The treatment of Cancer is far from being satisfactory. It cannot be eradicated without the damage of the normal and healthy parts. It is usually destructive to the healthy tissue, and often to the whole individual, excision by surgery or destruction by chemotherapy and radiation, weaken the immune system of the body and often do more harm than good. The treatment of Cancer is either by surgery...

Thrombophlebitis migrans in ulcerative colitis.

A case of thrombophlebitis migrans in ulcerative colitis in a Maltese housewife is reported. The association of thrombo-embolic disease and ulcerative colitis is reviewed.