Hereditary protein C deficiency and portal-vein thrombosis

Neth J Med. 1991 Jun;38(5-6):212-6.

Abstract

Inherited defects of the natural coagulation inhibitors predispose patients to thrombosis. These disorders have similar clinical presentations with a strong family history of thrombosis, episodes of recurrent venous thromboembolism, beginning in early adulthood. We report a case of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with portal hypertension due to portal-vein thrombosis secondary to hereditary protein C deficiency, an association that has seldom been reported.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Portal / etiology
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Portal Vein*
  • Protein C Deficiency*
  • Recurrence
  • Thrombosis*