Heterophilic antibodies leading to falsely positive D-dimer concentration in an adolescent

BACKGROUND: We present the case of a 15-year-old adolescent with suspected pulmonary embolism and repeatedly elevated D-dimer levels. KEY CLINICAL QUESTION: We aim to determine the cause for elevated D-dimer levels in a patient without venous thromboembolism. CLINICAL APPROACH: When the D-dimer meas...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Verboogen, Danielle, Granzen, Bernd, Hudig, Ciska, van de Kerkhof, Daan, Verhezen, Paul, de Boer, Douwe, Henskens, Yvonne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9918411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36785755
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rpth.2022.100017

Ejemplares similares

Ejemplares similares