May Alshalawi, Amal Almoamary, Sulaiman Alrajhi, Raghad Alkanhal, Reema Alsogair, Danah Albarrak
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Abstract
This case report presents a rare instance of facial vein thrombophlebitis, a potentially serious complication, following a facial skin infection. A 33-year-old man known to have cerebral palsy, epilepsy on ventriculoparietal shunt, and kyphoscoliosis presented to the emergency department complaining of small facial wound and swelling for 1 week. The wound failed topical management and fever started to develop. His medications included quetiapine and levetiracetam. Investigations, including computed tomography, were carried out to rule out an extension to deep tissue. Management in the emergency department involved initial resuscitation with 500 mL of 0.9% normal saline and 1 L of lactated ringers, antibiotic coverage with piperacillin/tazobactam and vancomycin was given, and analgesia for pain control. This case highlights the potential for facial vein thrombophlebitis as a complication of facial skin infections. Early diagnosis and prompt initiation of appropriate management are crucial to prevent potentially fatal consequences.
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SAGE Open Medical Case Reports (indexed in PubMed Central) is a peer reviewed, open access journal. It aims to provide a publication home for short case reports and case series, which often do not find a place in traditional primary research journals, but provide key insights into real medical cases that are essential for physicians, and may ultimately help to improve patient outcomes. SAGE Open Medical Case Reports does not limit content due to page budgets or thematic significance. Papers are subject to rigorous peer review and are selected on the basis of whether the research is sound and deserves publication. By virtue of not restricting papers to a narrow discipline, SAGE Open Medical Case Reports facilitates the discovery of the connections between papers, whether within or between disciplines. Case reports can span the full spectrum of medicine across the health sciences in the broadest sense, including: Allergy/Immunology Anaesthesia/Pain Cardiovascular Critical Care/ Emergency Medicine Dentistry Dermatology Diabetes/Endocrinology Epidemiology/Public Health Gastroenterology/Hepatology Geriatrics/Gerontology Haematology Infectious Diseases Mental Health/Psychiatry Nephrology Neurology Nursing Obstetrics/Gynaecology Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopaedics/Rehabilitation/Occupational Therapy Otolaryngology Palliative Medicine Pathology Pharmacoeconomics/health economics Pharmacoepidemiology/Drug safety Psychopharmacology Radiology Respiratory Medicine Rheumatology/ Clinical Immunology Sports Medicine Surgery Toxicology Urology Women''s Health.