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- Publisher
- Karger
- Copyright
- © 1992 S. Karger AG, Basel
- ISSN
- 0001-5792
- eISSN
- 1421-9662
- DOI
- 10.1159/000204720
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Thromboembolic complications in β-thalassemia major have seldom been reported and their association with risk factors such as left ventricular failure and postsplenectomy thrombocytosis has remained speculative. In this report we describe 4 patients with unusual thromboembolic manifestations: recurrent arterial occlusion, recurrent pulmonary thromboembolism, venous thrombosis and a fatal cerebrovascular event. Although in all patients both risk factors were present, the precise causes for their thromboembolic complications were not identified. In 1 patient, however, a marked increase in hematocrit following blood transfusion resulted, in all likelihood, in a fatal cerebrovascular infarction. We suspect that these patients (constituting 4% of our β-thalassemic group) represent a subset of those with high susceptibility to both arterial and venous thromboembolic complications.
Journal
Acta Haematologica – Karger
Published: Jan 1, 1992
Keywords: β-Thalassemia; Deep vein thrombosis; Embolism, arterial and pulmonary; Thrombocytosis