Multifocal Arterial Thrombosis during Thalidomide Therapy: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Introduction. Thalidomide has been associated with both venous and arterial thrombotic events. Case Presentation. A 66-years old man during thalidomide therapy for myeloma experienced acute right arm ischemia, emergently treated with thrombectomy and, on postoperative day one left side weakness with...

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Autores principales: Ferri, Monica, Faggioli, Gianluca, Fratesi, Francesca, Stella, Andrea
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2731312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19724648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/372073
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author Ferri, Monica
Faggioli, Gianluca
Fratesi, Francesca
Stella, Andrea
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Faggioli, Gianluca
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Stella, Andrea
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description Introduction. Thalidomide has been associated with both venous and arterial thrombotic events. Case Presentation. A 66-years old man during thalidomide therapy for myeloma experienced acute right arm ischemia, emergently treated with thrombectomy and, on postoperative day one left side weakness with right internal carotid thrombosis. Discussion. Because of the increased risk of arterial thrombosis complication, prophylactic therapy with ASA or anticoagulation during thalidomide administration is mandatory.
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spelling pubmed-27313122009-09-01 Multifocal Arterial Thrombosis during Thalidomide Therapy: Case Report and Review of the Literature Ferri, Monica Faggioli, Gianluca Fratesi, Francesca Stella, Andrea Case Rep Med Case Report Introduction. Thalidomide has been associated with both venous and arterial thrombotic events. Case Presentation. A 66-years old man during thalidomide therapy for myeloma experienced acute right arm ischemia, emergently treated with thrombectomy and, on postoperative day one left side weakness with right internal carotid thrombosis. Discussion. Because of the increased risk of arterial thrombosis complication, prophylactic therapy with ASA or anticoagulation during thalidomide administration is mandatory. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009 2009-08-19 /pmc/articles/PMC2731312/ /pubmed/19724648 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/372073 Text en Copyright © 2009 Monica Ferri et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Faggioli, Gianluca
Fratesi, Francesca
Stella, Andrea
Multifocal Arterial Thrombosis during Thalidomide Therapy: Case Report and Review of the Literature
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title_full Multifocal Arterial Thrombosis during Thalidomide Therapy: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Multifocal Arterial Thrombosis during Thalidomide Therapy: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Multifocal Arterial Thrombosis during Thalidomide Therapy: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_short Multifocal Arterial Thrombosis during Thalidomide Therapy: Case Report and Review of the Literature
title_sort multifocal arterial thrombosis during thalidomide therapy: case report and review of the literature
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2731312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19724648
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/372073
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