Hospital: Hospital Universitario San Cecilio.
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Aut@r o Autores: M. Revelles Paniza, I. Garrido Márquez, M. Fernández Conesa.,
Presentación:
We present the case of a 13-year-old male patient who attended Pediatric Emergency Service due to severe pain in the right hip that severely limited ambulation. In addition, the patient reported low-grade fever and irradiation to the homolateral testicle. There was no other significant signs or symptoms. As a clinical antecedent, the patient presented right renal atrophy due to thrombosis of the homolateral renal vein during the neonatal period. No further studies or subsequent monitoring of the cause of the venous thrombosis were reported. Pediatricians request an ultrasound of the hip to rule out the existence of arthritis as a cause of pain. No fluid was identified in the right coxofemoral joint or other ecographic signs of arthritis. However, we observed thrombosis of the arch of the internal saphenous vein as well as the common and superficial femoral vein, common iliac vein, internal and external iliac veins and pelvic vein branches. When trying to study the vena cava, it was permeable but of markedly diminished caliber.
Discusión:
Hip pain in children and adolescents can be due to multiple causes (inflammatory, infectious, vascular…). Although in our case the patient’s approach was more oriented to non-traumatic hip pain, both sonographic and complementary CT findings showed completely different findings. The diagnosis was chronic thrombosis of the inferior vein cava with secondary development of numerous venous collaterals and right renal atrophy due to the antecedent referred of homolateral renal vein thrombosis. There was also acute venous thrombosis of the right common iliac vein, internal iliac vein, pelvic veins, as well as the external iliac, common femoral and superficial femoral veins of the right lower limb. Given these findings, a hematological study of the patient was carried out, confirming the existence of a prothrombotic state due to protein C deficiency.
Conclusión:
Hip pain in children and adolescents can be due to multiple causes (inflammatory, infectious, vascular…). Although in our case the patient’s approach was more oriented to non-traumatic hip pain, both sonographic and complementary CT findings showed completely different findings. The diagnosis was chronic thrombosis of the inferior vein cava with secondary development of numerous venous collaterals and right renal atrophy due to the antecedent referred of homolateral renal vein thrombosis. There was also acute venous thrombosis of the right common iliac vein, internal iliac vein, pelvic veins, as well as the external iliac, common femoral and superficial femoral veins of the right lower limb. Given these findings, a hematological study of the patient was carried out, confirming the existence of a prothrombotic state due to protein C deficiency.
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