Cerebral thrombophlebitis: complication of frontotemporoparietal cellulitis in a child victim of human bite

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...

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Published in:The Pan African medical journal 2020-01, Vol.35, p.14
Main Authors: Badsi, Soufiane, Diyas, Soufiane, Aabdi, Mohamed, Housni, Brahim
Format: Article
Language:fre
Subjects:
Adrenal Cortex Hormones - administration & dosage
Analgesics - administration & dosage
Bites, Human - complications
Bites, Human - diagnosis
Bites, Human - therapy
Cellulitis - diagnosis
Cellulitis - etiology
Cellulitis - therapy
Child
Consciousness Disorders - diagnosis
Consciousness Disorders - etiology
Consciousness Disorders - therapy
Enoxaparin - therapeutic use
Humans
Intracranial Thrombosis - diagnosis
Intracranial Thrombosis - etiology
Intracranial Thrombosis - therapy
Male
Oxygen - therapeutic use
Scalp - blood supply
Scalp - pathology
Thrombophlebitis - diagnosis
Thrombophlebitis - etiology
Thrombophlebitis - therapy
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2020.35.14.15776