Upper-extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis Complicating Apheresis in a Healthy Donor

Venous thrombus was recognized in the upper extremity of a 53-year-old man after blood donation. The patient presented with a 15-day history of swelling in the left upper-extremity that started 6 hours after apheresis. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed clots in the deep veins of the lef...

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Autores principales: Haba, Yuichiro, Oshima, Hiroko, Naito, Toshio, Takasu, Kiyoshi, Ishimaru, Fumihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5519482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28674369
http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.56.7887
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Sumario:Venous thrombus was recognized in the upper extremity of a 53-year-old man after blood donation. The patient presented with a 15-day history of swelling in the left upper-extremity that started 6 hours after apheresis. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography revealed clots in the deep veins of the left arm and the peripheral pulmonary artery. Blood donation had proceeded smoothly, and the patient had no thrombotic predisposition, except for a smoking habit. The thrombus resolved following anticoagulant therapy, and the patient’s clinical course was uncomplicated. Despite a thorough investigation, the cause of this thrombus remains unknown.

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