| Literature DB >> 31320883 |
Marcos Arêas Marques1,2, Ana Letícia de Matos Milhomens1, Juliana de Miranda Vieira1, Fabricius Rocha Cardoso3, Henrique Jorge Guedes4.
Abstract
Certain systemic viral infections can be related to development of vascular complications, such as deep venous thrombosis and lymphedema of lower and upper limbs. These links have been well-established in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C, or influenza. Recently introduced into the American continent (2013), chikungunya virus is an arbovirus transmitted by mosquitoes of the Aedes genus and is the etiologic agent of chikungunya fever (CF), but its relationship to these vascular complications has not yet been consolidated. However, the CF outbreak that occurred during 2015 and 2016 resulted in the first cases described in the medical literature of acute and chronic vascular complications secondary to infection by this arbovirus. In this report, we describe the case of a patient who developed lymphedema of upper and lower limbs after an episode of CF.Entities:
Keywords: arbovirus infections; chikungunya fever; chikungunya virus; chronic disease; complications; lymphedema
Year: 2019 PMID: 31320883 PMCID: PMC6634949 DOI: 10.1590/1677-5449.190015
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Vasc Bras ISSN: 1677-5449
Figure 1Lymphedema of lower limbs, more severe on the right.
Figure 2Semiquantitative lymphoscintigraphy of the upper limbs (A and B) and lower limbs (C and D). Images were captured 15, 30, 60, and 120 minutes after interdigital administration of 2.0 mCi 99m TC-Sn.
Figura 1Linfedema de membros inferiores, predominando à direita.
Figura 2Linfocintilografia semiquantitativa de membros superiores (A e B) e inferiores (C e D). Foram realizadas imagem 15, 30, 60 e 120 minutos após a administração interdigital de 2,0 mCi 99m TC-Sn.