Author(s)

Mouhamadou Bamba Ndiaye¹, Fatou Aw¹, Marguerite Téning Diouf¹, Joseph Salvador Mingou¹, Simon Antoine Sarr¹, Malick Bodiian¹, Aliou Alassane Ngaidé², Alassane Mbaye², Adama Kane³, Maboury Diao¹, Abdoul Kane⁴

¹Department of Cardiology, Aristide Le Dantec Hospital University, Dakar, Senegal.
²Department of Cardiology, HOGGY, Dakar, Senegal.
³Departement of Cardiology, Regional Hospital of Saint Louis, Saint Louis, Senegal.
⁴Departement of Cardiology, Dalal Jamm Hospital, Dakar, Senegal.

Deep vein thrombosis of the upper limb is a rare location of venous thromboembolic disease. Data on this form of thrombosis are limited. We report six cases collected in Dakar. The sex ratio was 0.5 and the average age was 27.6 years with extremes of 17 and 39. Painful limb edema was the most constant sign and involved the non-dominant limb in almost all patients. Thrombosis occurred in a field of peripartum cardiomyopathy in two patients and SS sickle cell disease in one patient taking oral contraception. There was neither cancer nor venous catheter in medical history. The diagnosis was made by venous Doppler ultrasound in all patients. Subclavian involvement was the most common. The thrombophilia assessment, done for two patients, was normal. It was about exertion thrombosis on three (3) patients. All the patients had received antivitamin K treatment relaying a low molecular weight heparin. Venous limb compression was associated with anticoagulation for all patients. The treatment duration was six (6) months. There were no reports of pulmonary embolism or death. One patient presented a post-thrombotic syndrome.

Deep Vein Thrombosis, Upper Limb, Dakar

Ndiaye, M. , Aw, F. , Diouf, M. , Mingou, J. , Sarr, S. , Bodiian, M. , Ngaidé, A. , Mbaye, A. , Kane, A. , Diao, M. and Kane, A. (2020) Deep Vein Thrombosis of the Upper Limb: About 6 Cases Collected in Dakar. World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 10, 57-66. doi: 10.4236/wjcd.2020.102007.