Fulminant arterial thrombosis leading to amputation of forearm in a 16-year-old girl - disastrous combination of diabetes mellitus, factor V Leiden mutation and oral contraception

Thromb Haemost. 2010 May;103(5):1104-5. doi: 10.1160/TH09-08-0537. Epub 2010 Mar 29.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Amputation, Surgical
  • Angioplasty*
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use*
  • Brachial Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Brachial Artery / pathology*
  • Brachial Artery / surgery
  • Contraceptives, Oral, Combined* / administration & dosage
  • Contraindications
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / diagnosis*
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / drug therapy*
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / genetics
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / physiopathology
  • Diabetic Angiopathies / surgery
  • Factor V / genetics*
  • Female
  • Forearm / surgery*
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Humans
  • Mutation / genetics
  • Pedigree
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Thrombosis / diagnosis*
  • Thrombosis / drug therapy*
  • Thrombosis / genetics
  • Thrombosis / physiopathology
  • Thrombosis / surgery
  • Treatment Failure
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Contraceptives, Oral, Combined
  • Factor V