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Soufiane Badsi1, Soufiane Diyas1, Mohamed Aabdi1, Brahim Housni1.
Abstract
Cerebral thrombophlebitis is a rare but severe disease whose underestimated frequency is increasingly recognized among children and, unlike adults, management is controversial. We report the case of a 12-year old child bitten by a friend at the level of the scalp, in the frontotemporal region of the head. This bite evolved due to the occurrence of a swelling evoking a frontotemporoparietal cellulitis complicated by cerebral thrombophlebitis, diagnosed based on the clinical feature and imaging. The patient was admitted in our hospital in a state of conscience disorder. Anticoagulant and etiological treatments enabled good clinical evolution. © Soufiane Badsi et al.Entities:
Keywords: Cerebral thrombophlebitis; anticoagulation; child; conscience disorder
Year: 2020 PMID: 32341735 PMCID: PMC7170739 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.14.15776
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J