Phlegmasia cerulea dolens: case report on a HIV-AIDS patient in a sub-saharian semi-urban practice

Joseph Pierre Abah; Alain Menanga; Laah Njoyo; Josephine Ze Minkande

doi:10.11604/pamj.2014.19.282.4385

Phlegmasia cerulea dolens: case report on a HIV-AIDS patient in a sub-saharian semi-urban practice

Pan Afr Med J. 2014 Nov 15:19:282. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2014.19.282.4385. eCollection 2014.

Authors

Joseph Pierre Abah¹, Alain Menanga², Laah Njoyo³, Josephine Ze Minkande⁴

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medecine Unit, Bamenda Military Hospital, Bamenda, Cameroon.
² Department of Internal Medicine and Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon.
³ Radiology unit Bamenda Regional Hospital, Bamenda, Cameroon.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesiology/Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde, Cameroon.

Abstract

Venous thromboembolism has also become a major health concern in sub-saharian Africa. Studies addressing at this issue are rare in Cameroon. Thus, the case reported here presents singular characteristics: its clinical form, phlegmasia cerulea dolens, a severe but uncommon complication of venous thromboembolism; and its infrequent recorded triggering factor, HIV-AIDS.

Keywords: HIV-AIDS; Venous thromboembolism; anticoagulation; phlegmasia dolens.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications*
Cameroon
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Venous Thromboembolism / etiology*
Venous Thromboembolism / pathology