title: Protein C deficiency: podiatric medical relevance and case report.
abstract: We describe the management of a patient who presented to a family-practice clinic with gangrenous digits. After a thorough evaluation, she was found to have protein C deficiency, which produced a hypercoagulable state. Differential diagnosis in the evaluation of the coagulopathic patient with appropriate hematologic tests is briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Podiatry Section, Department of Orthopaedics, John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, TX 76104, USA.
authors.forename: Travis A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Motley
authors.forename: Clint L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Vanlandingham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D020151:Protein C Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D014034:Toes / Q000473:pathology*