A 16 year old Chinese female with puerperal ovarian vein thrombophlebitis following uneventful vaginal delivery is reported. This infrequent, but potentially fatal, complication in the febrile postpartum patient may present as a surgical emergency. Non-invasive diagnostic procedures and conservative treatment with heparinization and antibiotics have been suggested. However, early exploratory la...

DESCRIPTION A 48-year-old caucasian woman with a history of trauma was treated for osteomyelitis of the left ankle with ceftriaxone and continuous perfusion of vancomycin through a central venous catheter. After 2 months of therapy, the patient suddenly presented with fever, chills, neck and basithoracic pain. Basic observation revealed tachycardia, without any focus of infection. Extensive thr...

BACKGROUND Superficial thrombophlebitis can produce pain and result in a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) if not treated. Conservative therapies including prescription of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) and heat have been standard care. Recently, studies have been published reporting efficacy and safety of low-molecular-weight heparin for the treatment of superficial thrombophlebitis. H...

MFjRALGIA PAR/ESTHETICA iS \NwCell documilelted in world litcraturc. Lee (1936) traced niniety publications oni this subject following Bernhardt's original description forty-one years previously. Since 1936 there has been much further writing with the addition of new cases. The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to its association with deep thrombophlebitis of the lower limbs. This comb...

A 62-year-old woman has been suffered from cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis which was confirmed by four-vessel angiography, orbit magnetic resonance imaging, and blood culture. Three weeks after recovery of cavernous sinus thrombophlebitis, right eye proptosis and complete third, fourth, and sixth cranial nerve palsies developed. Best-corrected visual acuity decreased to 20/70 in the right eye....

Thrombophlebitis is a common complication of intravenous therapy with incidence of 24% to 29% (3, 6), which is rarely serious but the pain is often vc-ry bothersome (I). To minimise infusion phlebitis, various measures have been suggested (6). Woodhouse (8) used 'Movelat cream', as a preventive measure, containing I% adrenocortical extract, 0.2'" organoheparinoid, 22% salicylic acid in cream ba...

Pylephlebitis--suppurative thrombophlebitis of the portal and/or mesenteric veins--is a rare complication of abdominal infections, especially diverticulitis. It can lead to severe complications such as hepatic abscess, sepsis, peritonitis, bowel ischemia, etc., which increase the mortality rate. Here we present a case of suppurative thrombophlebitis of the inferior mesenteric vein, as a complic...

CLINICAL QUESTION What treatments for lower extremity superficial thrombophlebitis are associated with lower rates of venous thromboembolic events (VTE), major bleeding, and superficial venous thrombosis extension? BOTTOM LINE Fondaparinux (2.5 mg) subcutaneously once daily for 45 days is associated with fewer symptomatic VTEs and lower rates of superficial venous thrombosis extension and rec...