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MEDISAN
On-line version ISSN 1029-3019
Abstract
FERREIRO HERNANDEZ, Leydis Bárbara et al. Bilateral deep venous thrombosis in a puerpera. MEDISAN [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.5, pp. 651-657. ISSN 1029-3019.
The case report of a 29 years patient is described, with a history of mitral valve prolapse who, after 16 days of giving birth to her child, was diagnosed iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis of the right side and after 15 days, even with anticoagulant treatment, she developed a deep venous thrombosis of the left side, as well as a suggestive clinical pattern of lung thromboembolism. It was concluded as a venous thromboembolism disease, given by the presence of bilateral deep venous thrombosis. There was not occlusion of the inferior vena cava, the results of the Doppler echography was positive in both extremities and the response to the anticoagulant treatment was appropriate
Keywords : pregnancy; puerperium; venous thromboembolic disease.