Two episodes of Taravana syndrome in a breath-hold diver with hyperhomocysteinemia.
Clin Case Rep 2018;
6:817-820. [PMID:
29744064 PMCID:
PMC5930204 DOI:
10.1002/ccr3.1479]
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Abstract
Taravana syndrome is a rare dysbaric disease characterized by neurologic signs and symptoms. Differently from others decompression illness, it has unspecified pathophysiology and unclear predisposing factors. Our cases suggest that thrombophilic state due to hyperhomocysteinemia could increase the risk to develop Taravana syndrome.
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