Resumen
Objetivo: Describir la buena evolución de un paciente joven ingresado en un hospital privado con tromboflebitis aguda de los senos transverso, sagital y yugular de las venas tras anticoagulación completa. El uso de anticoagulantes en estos casos no está bien definido en la literatura. Detalles del caso: Paciente joven, 14 años de edad, masculino, con trombosis de senos sagitales y transversos producto de una complicación de mastoiditis por otitis media aguda. Se diagnostica mediante examen de imagen después de un empeoramiento clínico incluso durante el tratamiento ambulatorio. Inicialmente fue tratado con antibioterapia, pero su evolución no fue favorable durante la hospitalización. Entonces fue necesaria una anticoagulación completa para un buen resultado del caso. Consideraciones finales: Infecciones como la sinusitis, la otitis y la mastoiditis pueden, aunque raramente, provocar una trombosis de los senos venosos. Su tratamiento con antibióticos está bien validado y ampliamente utilizado, pero la anticoagulación es controvertida.
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