title: An adolescent patient with post-thrombotic syndrome achieves excellence in sport.
abstract: The reported incidence of post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) following deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in children has increased. Diagnosis of PTS is reliant on assessment of clinical signs and self-report of physical symptoms. We present the case of an 11-year-old young man, diagnosed with a spontaneous lower-limb DVT, who developed significant clinical signs of severe PTS with no apparent physical symptoms. In adolescence, the patient participated in high-level competitive sport with no reported functional limitations. This case highlights that reliance on the severity of only clinical signs without an understanding of a child's physical abilities limits the assessment of PTS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Haematology, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. sophie.jones@rch.org.au
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Monagle
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Newall
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D054874:Athletic Performance; D001642:Bicycling; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054070:Postthrombotic Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012720:Severity of Illness Index