[Chronic abdominal pain due to bowel ischemia in a patient with Leiden factor V mutation]

Gastroenterol Clin Biol. 2004 Mar;28(3):301-3. doi: 10.1016/s0399-8320(04)94922-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

Leiden Factor V mutation, associated with resistance to activated protein C, is a prothrombotic state found in 20% of the patients with a first episode of deep-vein thrombosis. We report the case of a 30-Year-old woman with a history of intermittent abdominal pain who developed small bowel infarction requiring extensive small bowel resection. Biological search for prothrombotic disorder showed resistance to activated protein C due to homozygosity for the factor V Leiden mutation. Long-term anticoagulant therapy was initiated. Unexplained abdominal pain may be due to venous mesenteric ischemia, which can be associated with factor V Leiden mutation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology*
  • Activated Protein C Resistance / complications*
  • Adult
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Factor V*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Diseases / complications
  • Intestinal Diseases / etiology*
  • Intestinal Diseases / pathology
  • Ischemia / etiology*
  • Point Mutation

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • factor V Leiden
  • Factor V