A child with lower limb osteomyelitis complicated with deep vein thrombosis
Lower limb osteomyelitis is a common infectious disease in children's orthopedics.The common bacterium is Staphylococcus aureus,which is also easy to cause deep vein thrombosis in the lower limbs.Osteomyelitis is similar to deep vein thrombosis,including lower limb swelling,local skin redness,etc.,which are not easy to be distinguished.Early blood D-dimer detection,lower limb magnetic resonance examination,and vascular B-ultrasound are the main means of diagnosis.The treatment of osteomyelitis includes anti-infective therapy of sensitive antibiotics and drilling drainage of suppurated bone marrow;the treatment of deep vein thrombosis mainly includes low molecular weight heparin anticoagulation,urokinase thrombolysis,and other treatments.This paper reports a child with right lower limb tibial osteomyelitis complicated with deep vein thrombosis admitted to Xi'an Children's Hospital in 2022,and analyzes her clinical manifestations and diagnosis and treatment process.