Hypercoagulability in a patient with Marfan syndrome

A 39 year old man with Marfan syndrome presented with multiple pulmonary emboli and renal, hepatic, and splenic infarcts of unknown aetiology. The combination of thromboemboli and physical features initially suggested homocystinuria; however, laboratory examination showed no evidence for this disord...

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Published in:Journal of medical genetics 1991-05, Vol.28 (5), p.349-351
Main Authors: Humphries, J E, Stouffer, G A, Kelly, T E, Rose, C E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
coagulation
Diagnosis, Differential
Hematologic and hematopoietic diseases
Homocystinuria - diagnosis
Humans
Infarction - etiology
Infarction - genetics
Male
Marfan Syndrome - blood
Marfan Syndrome - complications
Marfan Syndrome - diagnosis
Medical sciences
Platelet diseases and coagulopathies
Pulmonary Embolism - etiology
Pulmonary Embolism - genetics
Thromboembolism - etiology
Thromboembolism - genetics
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Summary:A 39 year old man with Marfan syndrome presented with multiple pulmonary emboli and renal, hepatic, and splenic infarcts of unknown aetiology. The combination of thromboemboli and physical features initially suggested homocystinuria; however, laboratory examination showed no evidence for this disorder. Laboratory evaluation identified no coagulation abnormalities. This patient represents the unusual occurrence of hypercoagulability in a patient with Marfan syndrome.
ISSN:0022-2593
1468-6244
1468-6244
DOI:10.1136/jmg.28.5.349