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.
Keywords
visceral vein thrombosis - protein C deficiency -
Clostridium perfringens
- septicemia - older adult