T he treatment of iliofemoral thrombophlebitis has changed little since the initiation of heparin use in the 1930s. Whereas current management strategies focus on the outpatient use of lowmolecular-weight heparin, treatment relies on the prevention of clot propagation rather than any effort to resolve the clot burden present. As a result, preservation of valve function is unusual, with most pat...

Technical Appendix Table 1. Demographic data for persons with cryptococcal meningitis by nosocomial bacteremia status, Kampala, Uganda and Cape Town, South Africa* Study site, baseline demographics Without bacteremia With bacteremia Univariate p value Kampala, Uganda No. 94 21 NA Age, y 35 (30–40) 36 (31–43) 0.37 Male sex 43 (46) 15 (71) 0.052 CD4 count, cells/μL 16 (7–70) 17 (6–60) 0.71 HIV vi...

OBJECTIVE To examine the predictive value of clinical examination, laboratory tests and Doppler ultrasound examination in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and/or antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) pregnancies. METHODS A prospective study of 116 pregnancies followed in a single tertiary referral centre. Outcomes analysed were fetal/neonatal death and adverse pregnancy outcome. Univariate analys...

Septic pelvic thrombophlebitis (SPT) was initially diagnosed and described in the late 1800's. The entity had a high incidence and mortality during this period of time, and a surgical therapeutic approach was the treatment of choice. Since then, the diagnosis, incidence, and management of the entity evolved. This evolution followed the development of newer diagnostic tools such as computed tomo...

A 29-year-old man presented with complaints of fever and pain and itching of his left neck with atopic dermatitis and abrasion. These symptoms had persisted for two days and dullness and fever developed, but the patient did not consult a physician. On the following day, he had a fever of 40°C and redness and swelling of the left neck. He visited a local clinic and was hospitalized with suspecte...

Thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) has been a recognized clinical entity for more than half a century (Buerger, 1908). Distal arterial occlusive disease and/or recurrent superficial thrombophlebitis occurring in an adult male smoker, in the absence of known cause, constitutes a distinctive and unmistakable syndrome (Brown, Allen, and Mahorner, 1928). However, the existence of this disorder has be...

OBJECTIVES Septic thrombophlebitis of the portal vein or its branches, most often secondary to intra-abdominal infection is known as pylephlebitis. The frequency and the prognosis of this complication are unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the global and relative incidence of the most frequent intra-abdominal infections and the real prognosis of this disease. METHODS An observati...