Bilateral cavo-ilio-femoral thrombosis in an adolescent with transient anti-phospholipid antibodies and factor V heterozygous mutation: a case report

Cases J. 2009 Aug 5:2:6830. doi: 10.4076/1757-1626-2-6830.

Abstract

We report a case of bilateral cavo-ilio-femoral thrombosis in an adolescent with factor V heterozygous mutation and transient antiphospholipid antibodies secondary Varicella infection.The clinical significance of finding transient antiphospholipid antibodies in the sera of infectious disease is unclear. We here report a case of bilateral cavo-ilio-femoral thrombosis in an adolescent with newly diagnosed factor V heterozygous mutation and transient antiphospholipid antibodies secondary to Varicella infection.

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