Coagulation factors in orbital venous vasculitis.
Orbital venous vasculitis has earlier been shown to be associated with spontaneous ecchymoses. With the reservation that platelet function was not investigated and fibrinolysis only partly, this study of the coagulation factors of eight patients with orbital venous vasculitis showed normal findings, suggesting immunologic etiology rather than coagulation deficiency as the cause of the spontaneous ecchymoses.
Hannerz
J
J
Department of Neurology, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
Blombäck
M
M
D000368:Aged; D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors / Q000032:analysis*; D004438:Ecchymosis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009915:Orbit / Q000098:blood supply*; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications; D014680:Veins
D001779:Blood Coagulation Factors