"HIT on Trousseau". Double trouble: acquired coagulopathy with femoral artery thrombosis.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_C56CF38D2367
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Title
"HIT on Trousseau". Double trouble: acquired coagulopathy with femoral artery thrombosis.
Journal
Vasa. Zeitschrift Für Gefässkrankheiten
Author(s)
Warncke C., Alberio L., Savolainen H., von Allmen R., Baumgartner I., Husmann M.
ISSN
0301-1526 (Print)
ISSN-L
0301-1526
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2008
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
37
Number
3
Pages
281-284
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Trousseau Syndrome is a paraneoplastic procoagulant phenomenon. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a rare complication of anticoagulation with heparin. To our knowledge, the coincidence of the two has not been reported so far. We report a case of an acute thrombosis of the left femoral artery and distal leg arteries in a patient with an otherwise normal cardiovascular status. Endovascular revascularization attempts using mechanical rotational thrombectomy catheter, aspiration and local thrombolysis were unsuccessful. Progressive coagulation along the intra-arterial catheter was seen. Surgical thrombectomy of the femoral-pedal axis was successful, but the patient developed an immune-mediated HIT postoperatively. An adenocarcinoma of the colon was the likely cause for the initial arterial thrombosis, and probably adversely affected endovascular revascularization attempts. Subsequent HIT with microvascular thrombosis worsened ischemic damage leading to a below knee-amputation, despite patent large vessels. Compared to venous thrombosis, arterial thrombosis is a rare manifestation of Trousseau syndrome. The coincidence of it with HIT is even rarer. There may be a causal relationship between the two.
Keywords
Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/complications, Adenocarcinoma, Mucinous/pathology, Amputation, Anticoagulants/adverse effects, Arterial Occlusive Diseases/etiology, Arterial Occlusive Diseases/radiography, Colectomy, Colonic Neoplasms/complications, Colonic Neoplasms/pathology, Colonoscopy, Embolectomy, Femoral Artery/radiography, Femoral Artery/surgery, Heparin/adverse effects, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Paraneoplastic Syndromes/etiology, Paraneoplastic Syndromes/radiography, Suction, Thrombectomy, Thrombocytopenia/chemically induced, Thrombocytopenia/therapy, Thrombolytic Therapy, Thrombosis/etiology, Thrombosis/radiography, Treatment Outcome
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