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Atypical Site of Venous Thrombosis Despite Appropriate Anticoagulation in a Patient with Myeloproliferative Neoplasm
Anca Balinisteanu1, Diana Mihalcea1, Ioan Gemescu1
1Emergency University Hospital of Bucharest, Romania.
Abstract:
The following case report and literature review will emphasize the individualized therapeutic management of a complex prothrombotic pathology. The onset of acute portal vein thrombosis in a patient with atrial fibrillation and good compliance to anticoagulation with a direct oral anticoagulant, who associates significant thrombocytosis, after excluding predisposing inflammations, infections or solid neoplasia, raises the diagnostic suspicion of myeloproliferative disorder, and imposes a complex interdisciplinary approach.
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