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DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1728664
Protein C Gene Mutation in an Older Adult Patient with Clostridium perfringens Septicemia-Related Visceral Vein Thrombosis
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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.
Keywords
visceral vein thrombosis - protein C deficiency - Clostridium perfringens - septicemia - older adultPolicy and Ethics
The work was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki with approval by the Institutional Ethics Committee.
Publication History
Received: 20 January 2021
Accepted: 23 February 2021
Publication Date:
26 May 2021 (online)
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