Antiphospholipid antibodies and splenic thrombosis in a patient with idiopathic myelofibrosis (antiphospholipid antibodies and thrombosis).
A case of idiopathic myelofibrosis and hepatosplenic myeloid metaplasia associated with antiphospholipids antibodies is described. The patient developed a lethal complete splenic vein thrombosis in spite of an intravenously heparin treatment had been started soon after a clinical pattern of "acute abdomen".
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Istituto di Scienze Biomediche, Università di Milano, Italy.
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D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid / Q000097:blood*; D016736:Antiphospholipid Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology; D016682:Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor / Q000097:blood*; D055728:Primary Myelofibrosis / Q000150:complications*; D013162:Splenic Vein; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*
D017152:Antibodies, Antiphospholipid; D016682:Lupus Coagulation Inhibitor