Abstract

SILVA RIVERA, Mayelin et al. Flictenular Linfangitis in Pregnancy. ccm [online]. 2016, vol.20, n.4, pp. 819-825. ISSN 1560-4381.

Lymphangitis is a disease known since Hippocrates time, is an inflammatory phenomenon of lymphatic vessels in any sector of the vascular system. The etiology of this acute disease is diverse, with those caused by biological agents the most connotation, and among them those caused by Staphylococcus and Streptococcus pyogenes. The diagnosis was made in a healthy 20 year- old pregnant patient (29.4 weeks of gestation). The patient had a history of a small injury on one foot during 48 hours.  The general state of the patient was bad and began with fever of 38.5 degrees Celsius, foot pain accompanied by redness and increased occurrence of vesicle size quickly reaching 5-6 cm, with an unfavorable evolution that led to admission to Intensive Care Unit of Lenin, Holguin Hospital for severe sepsis. Antibiotics and surgical treatments with the use of blood products were necessary, for a satisfactory evolution, allowing to preserve the lower limb and reach the end of gestation with a newborn good weight.

Keywords : linfangitis; biological agents; pregnancy.

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