Case Report Left Lower Quadrant Pain as the Only Presentation of Iliofemoral DVT in a Pregnant Woman in the Emergency Department: A Case Report
by Khalid Aldamiri, Dana Altamimi*
Department of Emergency Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*Corresponding author: Dana Altamimi, Department of Emergency Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Received Date: 16 November, 2023
Accepted Date: 22 November, 2023
Published Date: 27 November, 2023
Citation: Aldamiri K, Altamimi D (2023) Left Lower Quadrant Pain as the Only Presentation of Iliofemoral DVT in a Pregnant Woman in the Emergency Department: A Case Report. Emerg Med Inves 8: 10124. https://doi.org/10.29011/2475-5605.110124
Abstract
The case of 28 years old woman who was 21 weeks pregnant is described: the patient presented to the emergency medicine department with a one-week history of left lower abdominal quadrant pain. There were no clinical signs of Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT). Point-of-Care Ultrasound (PCOUS) showed left external iliac vein thrombus. This case report represent the importance of keeping a high index of suspicion to undifferentiated causes of localized pain in pregnancy and the utilization of POCUS in such cases. The Patient was admitted to the hospital and started on low-molecular-weight heparin. Subsequently she had an uneventful pregnancy and delivery.