Open AccessA sticky situation
Author(s) -
Safa Al-Shamma,
Mark Fox
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.10.2008.1128
Subject(s) - medicine , blunt , abdominal trauma , venous thrombosis , thrombosis , abdominal surgery , intensive care medicine , surgery , general surgery
We present a complicated case of extensive intra-abdominal venous thrombosis manifesting with severe central abdominal discomfort following trivial blunt local trauma and discuss the therapeutic interventions that can be used in these cases.