Intrabursal vein abrasion and thrombosis. An unusual complication of femoral osteochondroma.
A 21-year-old female with right distal femoral pedunculated osteochondroma is presented. She was admitted for severe lower limb pain, and swelling of one week duration. Clinical findings supported deep vein thrombosis (DVT) but Doppler ultrasound, and venography were normal. Surgical exploration revealed a large bursa around the tumor with a big vein abraded and thrombosed inside the bursa.
Mahmoodi
Seyed M
SM
Department of Orthopedics, Dubai Hospital, PO Box 7272, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. smmahmoodi@dha.gov.ae
Bahirwani
Ramesh K
RK
Abdull-Gaffar
Badr A
BA
Habib
Ihab F
IF
D000328:Adult; D002061:Bursa, Synovial / Q000098:blood supply*; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D015831:Osteochondroma / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014680:Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*