Isolated Homocysteinemia Leading to Thromboembolism in Young Male with Normal Vitamin B12 and Folate Levels

Pulmonary embolism (PE) with isolated homocysteinemia is a rare disease. The diagnosis demands a proper clinical workup. Timely diagnosis can prevent complications and provide a better quality of life for the patient. We present a young man with homocysteinemia with deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmo...

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Autores principales: Sadiq, Waleed, Subhan, Madeeha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Genetics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492367
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1978
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description Pulmonary embolism (PE) with isolated homocysteinemia is a rare disease. The diagnosis demands a proper clinical workup. Timely diagnosis can prevent complications and provide a better quality of life for the patient. We present a young man with homocysteinemia with deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism, and normal vitamin B12 and folate levels despite being treated with rivaroxaban.
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spelling pubmed-58234842018-02-28 Isolated Homocysteinemia Leading to Thromboembolism in Young Male with Normal Vitamin B12 and Folate Levels Sadiq, Waleed Subhan, Madeeha Cureus Genetics Pulmonary embolism (PE) with isolated homocysteinemia is a rare disease. The diagnosis demands a proper clinical workup. Timely diagnosis can prevent complications and provide a better quality of life for the patient. We present a young man with homocysteinemia with deep vein thrombosis (DVT), pulmonary embolism, and normal vitamin B12 and folate levels despite being treated with rivaroxaban. Cureus 2017-12-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5823484/ /pubmed/29492367 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1978 Text en Copyright © 2017, Sadiq et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title Isolated Homocysteinemia Leading to Thromboembolism in Young Male with Normal Vitamin B12 and Folate Levels
title_full Isolated Homocysteinemia Leading to Thromboembolism in Young Male with Normal Vitamin B12 and Folate Levels
title_fullStr Isolated Homocysteinemia Leading to Thromboembolism in Young Male with Normal Vitamin B12 and Folate Levels
title_full_unstemmed Isolated Homocysteinemia Leading to Thromboembolism in Young Male with Normal Vitamin B12 and Folate Levels
title_short Isolated Homocysteinemia Leading to Thromboembolism in Young Male with Normal Vitamin B12 and Folate Levels
title_sort isolated homocysteinemia leading to thromboembolism in young male with normal vitamin b12 and folate levels
topic Genetics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5823484/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29492367
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1978
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