Deep Vein Thrombosis after Lithium Toxicity: A Report of Two Cases and Literature Review

We report here two cases of deep vein thrombosis that occurred in association with lithium toxicity. Lithium overdose was deemed to be the cause in only one of these cases; a patient in whom deep vein thrombosis occurred 11 days after identification of lithium toxicity. In the other patient, the deep vein thrombosis occurred 15 days after diagnosis of lithium toxicity; this patient was not considered to have been overdosed. Both patients had other risk factors in addition to receiving lithium. We recommend monitoring D-dimer concentrations to facilitate early detection of deep vein thrombosis in patients with lithium toxicity.PMID:34258098 | PMC:PMC8245227 | DOI:10.1155/2021/9934037

Source: Case Reports in Psychiatry - July 14, 2021 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rintaro Sogawa Shuko Tobita Akira Monji Toru Murakawa-Hirachi Yoshito Mizoguchi Yuichiro Sakamoto Hiroyuki Irie Chisato Shimanoe Source Type: research