Kanosue K, Nagaya S, Morishita E, Yamanishi M, Imashuku S. Protein C Gene Mutation in an Older Adult Patient with
Clostridium perfringens Septicemia-Related Visceral Vein Thrombosis.
TH OPEN 2021;
5:e171-e173. [PMID:
34056524 PMCID:
PMC8154515 DOI:
10.1055/s-0041-1728664]
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Abstract
A 78-year-old Japanese male with
Clostridium perfringens
septicemia and cholecystitis was found to have thrombosis in the left branch of intrahepatic portal vein as well as superior mesenteric vein. Visceral vein thrombosis (VVT) in this case was associated with protein C deficiency, due to a heterozygous mutation, p. Arg185Met. Our experience emphasizes that VVT, or other thromboembolic events, may occur in later life, triggered by environmental thrombosis risk factors, together with underlying hereditary protein C gene mutation.
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