BACKGROUND Septic thrombophlebitis increases patient morbidity and mortality following metastatic infections, pulmonary emboli, and/or septic shock. Central venous catheter (CVC) removal for occult septic thrombophlebitis challenges current strategy in neutropenic patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS We prospectively evaluated infection-related mortality in 100 acute leukemia patients, with CVC-rel...

Although superficial thrombophlebitis is a common disorder until recently it was considered as benign disorder. Also it is associated with varicose vein at legs and it was treated effectively with conservative methods, walking and non-steroid anti-inflammatory drugs. Aims of our investigation were: determine frequency of clinically silent deep vein thrombosis at legs in patient with and without...

INTRODUCTION The association between unprovoked deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism and malignancy is well established. For unprovoked superficial thrombophlebitis this association has been documented in a few case-reports only. CASE PRESENTATION A 54-year-old apparently healthy male presents for the fourth time with an unprovoked superficial thrombophlebitis of the leg. When screene...

background: intravenous catheterization is a routine technique in medical centers which can cause diverse problems such as thrombophlebitis. objective: this study aimed to resolve replacement scheduling and proper cannula diameter and position issues for intravenous catheters. methods: in this 2015 experimental cohort study, 232 hospitalized patients receiving medication intravenously were asse...

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...

[Purpose] We report the case of a breast cancer patient with superficial thrombophlebitis treated with low-level laser therapy. [Case] The patient was a 66-year-old women who developed superficial thrombophlebitis in the left upper limb after chemotherapy. She was administered 6 sessions of low-level laser therapy. [Result] Her pain score decreased by 8 points. Her scores on the Patient and Obs...

Septic thrombophlebitis of the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) is rarely caused by acute appendicitis. The clinical symptoms of SMV thrombophlebitis are varied and atypical, so the diagnosis is commonly delayed, resulting in a reported mortality rate of 30%-50%. We report a case of SMV septic thrombophlebitis caused by acute appendicitis in which the patient was successfully treated with surgica...

Patients with Behçet's disease (BD) have been recognized to be at an increased risk of thrombosis and thrombotic complications have been reported in 12%-40% of patients. The precise pathogenetic mechanisms underlying the thrombotic tendency of BD are not known. In recent researches, it is reported that procoagulant mutations might play a role in thrombotic process in BD patients. We aimed to ev...