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Increased releasable vascular plasminogen activator and a bleeding diathesis.

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Walther, PJ; Gore, M; Pizzo, SV
Published in: Am J Med
September 1984

A 66-year-old man with metastatic prostatic carcinoma treated with high-dose (5 mg) diethylstilbestrol therapy underwent orchiectomy to allow discontinuation of estrogen. An extensive ecchymosis developed postoperatively in an area covered by elastic dressing tape; subsequently, it was learned that the patient had a recent history of frequent ecchymoses with mild trauma that proceeded to vesiculation. His alpha2-antiplasmin level was 132 percent, fibrin split products 4 micrograms/ml, and fibrinogen 293 mg/dl; routine coagulation results were normal. However, the level of releasable vascular plasminogen activator in a specimen drawn prior to surgery was 3.6 CTA units/ml, the highest value ever reported in this laboratory.

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Am J Med

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0002-9343

Publication Date

September 1984

Volume

77

Issue

3

Start / End Page

566 / 568

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veins
  • Plasminogen Activators
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hemorrhagic Disorders
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Ecchymosis
  • Constriction
  • Blood Vessels
  • Aged
 

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Walther, P. J., Gore, M., & Pizzo, S. V. (1984). Increased releasable vascular plasminogen activator and a bleeding diathesis. Am J Med, 77(3), 566–568. https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9343(84)90123-2
Walther, P. J., M. Gore, and S. V. Pizzo. “Increased releasable vascular plasminogen activator and a bleeding diathesis.Am J Med 77, no. 3 (September 1984): 566–68. https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9343(84)90123-2.
Walther PJ, Gore M, Pizzo SV. Increased releasable vascular plasminogen activator and a bleeding diathesis. Am J Med. 1984 Sep;77(3):566–8.
Walther, P. J., et al. “Increased releasable vascular plasminogen activator and a bleeding diathesis.Am J Med, vol. 77, no. 3, Sept. 1984, pp. 566–68. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/0002-9343(84)90123-2.
Walther PJ, Gore M, Pizzo SV. Increased releasable vascular plasminogen activator and a bleeding diathesis. Am J Med. 1984 Sep;77(3):566–568.
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Published In

Am J Med

DOI

ISSN

0002-9343

Publication Date

September 1984

Volume

77

Issue

3

Start / End Page

566 / 568

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Veins
  • Plasminogen Activators
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Hemorrhagic Disorders
  • General & Internal Medicine
  • Ecchymosis
  • Constriction
  • Blood Vessels
  • Aged