title: A case of a patient with protein C deficiency presenting with concurrent thromboses in the pulmonary arteries and innominate artery: a suggestive computed tomographic finding of thrombophilia.
abstract: The incidence of arterial thrombosis in patients with protein C deficiency is relatively low compared with that of venous thrombosis. To our knowledge, there is no previously published report of a protein C deficiency patient with simultaneous thromboses in the pulmonary artery and innominate artery in the English literature. We present a case of a protein C deficiency in which the presence of concurrent clots in the pulmonary arteries and innominate artery demonstrated on a pulmonary computed tomographic angiography provided an important clue permitting diagnosis of the deficiency.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Kyung
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hwa Yeon
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: In Sup
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Seung Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Rho
authors.forename: Jae Youn
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Moon
authors.forename: Charles S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: White
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D020151:Protein C Deficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012307:Risk Factors; D019851:Thrombophilia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014859:Warfarin