Deep Venous Thrombosis in an Amputated Limb Stump of a Diabetic Patient: A Case Report
Diabetes mellitus is the commonest reason for non-traumatic amputation.
Deep venous thrombosis is the formation of blood clot in a deep vein.
DVT affects the lower limbs most commonly. Major amputation procedure in a patient with diabetes
is associated with an increased risk of deep venous thrombosis in the immediate post-operative period.
DVT complicating an amputated limb in patients with diabetes is not a commonly
The incidence of DVT in amputated stumps is so rare that the initial redness and swelling
may be considered as features of an infectious process like cellulitis.
The objective of this case report is to demonstrate that DVT in an amputated stump is
an additional vascular risk in patients with lower limb amputation and diabetes.
The patient is a 74-year-old man who was diagnosed with type diabetes mellitus 20-years earlier.
He was not adherent with his oral glucose lowering agents.
The short-term and long-term glycemic control were suboptimal.
He presented with a right foot ulcer. He was walking in his house barefooted and he had
a small nail puncture injury to the right sole. He did not feel pain but he noticed the bleeding.
The ulcer later extended to involve the whole of the right sole and the distal part of the dorsum.
The tissue turned darkish, involving the whole right foot, with foul-smelling purulent discharge.
Deep Venous Thrombosis in an Amputated Limb Stump of a Diabetic Patient: A Case Report
Diabetes Res Open J. 2020; 6(1): 17-19. doi: 10.17140/DROJ-6-145
