Waseem Muhammad, Strobel Ashley, Pedraza Solimar, Behani Majda, Lugo Blanca, Jara Fernando
From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center, Bronx, NY 10451, USA.
Pediatr Emerg Care. 2011 Jan;27(1):49-51. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3182045f5c.
Lower-extremity swelling is an uncommon presentation in a pediatric emergency department. Deep venous thrombosis is one of the common differential diagnoses in a patient with an underlying predisposing factor. We report a case of a previously healthy adolescent without any risk factor for thromboembolism presented with deep venous thrombosis. The pertinent literature is reviewed.