Mesenteric vein thrombosis in protein S congenital deficiency.
Mesenteric vein thrombosis is considered an uncommon clinical presentation of protein S congenital deficiency. In the two patients with mesenteric vein thrombosis here reported an isolated deficiency of protein S was diagnosed; family investigation recognized protein S deficiency also in five relatives of one of them.
De Stefano
V
V
Istituto di Semeiotica Medica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
Leone
G
G
Teofili
L
L
Micalizzi
P
P
Netri
G
G
Bizzi
B
B
D000328:Adult; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000172:deficiency*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000209:etiology*; D008642:Mesenteric Veins; D008875:Middle Aged; D017293:Protein S; D012008:Recurrence; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000235:genetics; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*
D006023:Glycoproteins; D017293:Protein S