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Mesenteric vein thrombosis and vascular plasminogen activator.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Boyko, OB; Pizzo, SV
Published in: Arch Pathol Lab Med
October 1983

A 60-year-old woman with livedo reticularis was examined for defective release of vascular plasminogen activator by a newly described chromogenic assay. Her activator level was only 0.007 Committee on Thrombolytic Agents (CTA) units/mL, compared with a mean of 0.19 CTA units/mL for 84 female controls. Subsequently, the patient died as a result of thrombosis of the portal, splenic, hepatic and superior mesenteric veins with small-bowel infarction. The patient's family had a history of deep and superficial vein thrombosis. Her family's medical history was similar to a recently described pedigree, with low levels of releasable plasminogen activator associated with venous thrombosis. We believe that mesenteric vein thrombosis is a serious potential consequence of defective release of vascular plasminogen activator.

Duke Scholars

Published In

Arch Pathol Lab Med

ISSN

0003-9985

Publication Date

October 1983

Volume

107

Issue

10

Start / End Page

541 / 542

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Thrombosis
  • Plasminogen Activators
  • Pedigree
  • Pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Mesenteric Veins
  • Humans
  • Female
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Boyko, O. B., & Pizzo, S. V. (1983). Mesenteric vein thrombosis and vascular plasminogen activator. Arch Pathol Lab Med, 107(10), 541–542.
Boyko, O. B., and S. V. Pizzo. “Mesenteric vein thrombosis and vascular plasminogen activator.Arch Pathol Lab Med 107, no. 10 (October 1983): 541–42.
Boyko OB, Pizzo SV. Mesenteric vein thrombosis and vascular plasminogen activator. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1983 Oct;107(10):541–2.
Boyko, O. B., and S. V. Pizzo. “Mesenteric vein thrombosis and vascular plasminogen activator.Arch Pathol Lab Med, vol. 107, no. 10, Oct. 1983, pp. 541–42.
Boyko OB, Pizzo SV. Mesenteric vein thrombosis and vascular plasminogen activator. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 1983 Oct;107(10):541–542.

Published In

Arch Pathol Lab Med

ISSN

0003-9985

Publication Date

October 1983

Volume

107

Issue

10

Start / End Page

541 / 542

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Thrombosis
  • Plasminogen Activators
  • Pedigree
  • Pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Mesenteric Veins
  • Humans
  • Female
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences