title: Postoperative pulmonary embolism in a young female accompanying with Factor V Leiden mutation and hereditary sypherocytosis.
abstract: A 20 year-old female, heterozygous for Factor V Leiden mutation (FVLM) is presented. Her personal history was prominent for severe anaemia during her gestation. Aetiology of anaemia was found to be hereditary spherocytosis (HS). Intrauterine foetal death had occurred at 20 weeks of gestational age. Two days after curettage, she developed pulmonary embolism (PE). This is an unusual case of pulmonary embolism and intrauterine foetal death coexisting with FVLM and/or HS. We present the case so that a general practitioner or haematologist can hardly see such cases in daily practice. Hence, a young female with PE should be screened for hypercoagulable states including FVLM or HS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis, Ankara University School of Medicine, 06100 Cebeci, Ankara, Turkey. karnak@medicine.ankara.edu.tr
authors.forename: Demet
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Karnak
authors.forename: Sumru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beder
authors.forename: Oya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kayacan
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Berk
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003475:Curettage / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005165:Factor V; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death; D006579:Heterozygote; D006801:Humans; D017354:Point Mutation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology*; D013103:Spherocytosis, Hereditary; D019851:Thrombophilia
chemical_list: C095381:factor V Leiden; D005165:Factor V