FEMORAL-ARTERY EMBOLUS POST-APPENDECTOMY IN A 12-YEAR-OLD BOY

A 12-year-old male presented with an acutely ischaemic leg following a laparotomy for a pelvic abscess secondary to acute appendicitis, A fe moral angiogram revealed an embolus at the popliteal artery, Urgent em bolectomy was performed with restoration of normal arterial flow, Subs equent investigation revealed a patent foramen ovale, We believe this case represents a paradoxical embolus from a primary pelvic vein throm bosis dislodged at the time of laparotomy.