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Fatal dural sinus thrombosis associated with heterozygous factor V Leiden and a short activated partial thromboplastin time.
Archives of pathology & laboratory medicine - 1 Oct 2003
Stephan Christina L, SantaCruz Karen, May Corrie, Wilkinson Steve B, Cunningham Mark T
Abstract excerpt
Inherited thrombophilia is a risk factor for dural sinus thrombosis (DST). To our knowledge, this is the first description with autopsy findings of a patient with DST associated with heterozygous factor V Leiden and a short activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT). A 51-year-old woman presented with a 3-day history of headache, nausea, right-sided weakness, and focal motor seizure; she died 3 days after...
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