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Above-knee amputation with insidious pulmonary embolism and hypercoagulability secondary to protein C deficiency.

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Pulmonary embolus can have insidious onset and unusual etiology. This case report of a 35-year-old woman with hyperthyroidism, atrial fibrillation, and an above-knee amputation demonstrates the subtle presentation of pulmonary emboli. On the rehabilitation ward of a tertiary care hospital, the

Dysgenesis of the inferior vena cava associated with deep venous thrombosis and a partial Protein C deficiency.

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Dysgenesis of the inferior vena cava is rare but it is being increasingly diagnosed by cross-sectional imaging techniques. Patients are usually asymptomatic with abnormalities detected incidentally. An 11 year old boy presented with a 10 day history of fever, vomiting and abdominal pain, which

Protein C deficiency.

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This report describes a 4 year old female child who presented with fever, pain and swelling of left leg following a trivial trauma. She was diagnosed as a case of deep vein thrombosis and subsequently found to be due to protein C deficiency.

Impaired fibrinolysis in the pathogenesis of dengue hemorrhagic fever.

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The mechanisms contributing to bleeding complications in dengue hemorrhagic fever were studied by investigating the pattern of activation of the coagulation and fibrinolytic systems in 50 children with severe dengue hemorrhagic fever. Thirteen patients (26%) died, and activation of coagulation was

Acute Anorectal Thrombophlebitis Caused by a Protein C Deficiency.

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A 46-year-old man visited the emergency department of our hospital with a 3-day history of anal pain, hemorrhaging, and a slight fever. He had previously been diagnosed with protein C deficiency and was prescribed dabigatran, a direct oral anticoagulant. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed

Myeloid/natural killer cell precursor acute leukemia accompanied by homozygous protein C deficiency.

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A patient with myeloid/natural killer (NK) cell precursor acute leukemia who was also homozygous for protein C deficiency was treated and showed a complete remission while he simultaneously received low molecular weight heparin. He presented with fever spikes, lymphadenopathy, and a bulky tumor of

Bacteroides fragilis bacteremia associated with portal vein and superior mesentery vein thrombosis secondary to antithrombin III and protein C deficiency: a case report.

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Hypercoagulability is one of the causes of portal vein and superior mesentery vein thrombosis. We report a case of Bacteroides fragilis bacteremia associated with portal vein and superior mesentery vein thrombosis secondary to antithrombin III and protein C deficiency. The patient presented with

Splenic infarction in a patient hereditary spherocytosis, protein C deficiency and acute infectious mononucleosis.

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Splenic infarction is a common cause of left upper quadrant pain and must be suspected in patients with hematologic or thromboembolic conditions and signs of localized or systemic inflammation. Although several mechanisms have been proposed for splenic infarction in patients with various hematologic

Case report: portal vein thrombosis associated with hereditary protein C deficiency: a report of two cases.

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Protein C deficiency is one of the causes of curable or preventable portal vein thrombosis. We report two patients of portal vein thrombosis associated with hereditary protein C deficiency. The first patient presented with continuous right upper quadrant pain and high fever. The abdominal sonography

[Purpura fulminans (symmetric peripheral gangrene): 7-year consecutive case review in Japan].

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BACKGROUND Acute infectious purpura fulminans (AIPF), a rare syndrome of infection-induced ischemic necrosis of the extremities (symmetric peripheral gangrene), is due most often to Neisseria meningitidis in the US and the UK, but is not endemic to Japan. OBJECTIVE We reviewed clinical AIPF

Purpura fulminans secondary to Xanthomonas maltophilia sepsis in an adult with aplastic anemia.

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Purpura fulminans is a rare disease characterized by purpura ecchymosis, hypotension, and fever associated with disseminated intravascular coagulation. It often begins as a benign infectious process and subsequently progresses to a severe, catastrophic outcome. It is recognized to originate from

Subcortical infarction in children.

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OBJECTIVE This report examines the occurrence of subcortical infarction in 5 children, reviews the English literature, and discusses evaluation of this uncommon childhood illness. METHODS Clinical characteristics and neurological follow-up were examined in children who presented with subcortical

Fulminant sepsis/meningitis due to Haemophilus influenzae in a protein C-deficient heterozygote treated with activated protein C therapy.

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A 13-month-old Japanese female with Haemophilus influenzae type b meningitis presented with unusually severe septic shock and cerebral infarction in half a day of fever. The initial therapy of plasma-derived activated protein C (Anact C) led to an impressive effect on the aggressive condition.

Pulmonary Thromboembolism Presenting as Multiple Pulmonary Cavities.

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A 38 years old male patient presented to the emergency department with acute severe retrosternal chest pain and was found to have pulmonary thromboembolism. The patient developed new necrotic lung cavities each day due to the dissemination of emboli from the thrombus. The cause of thrombus was found

Pelvic osteomyelitis in children: a comparison of decades from 1980-1989 with 1990-2001.

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Since 1980, 64 children with pelvic osteomyelitis (40 boys) were treated at a major pediatric referral center. The average age was 11 years and 6 months. The presenting complaints included pain in 61 children, fever in 30, and altered weight-bearing in 31. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate was

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