Superior mesenteric vein thrombosis with pulmonary embolism: A rare presentation of acute cytomegalovirus infection

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-236

  Ergas, David ^a,b   Herskovitz, Pearl ^a   Skurnik, Yair ^a   Mavor, Eliezer ^a   Sthoeger, Zeev M ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Lupus anticoagulant; Oral contraceptives; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS ANTIBODY; ENOXAPARIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROTHROMBIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MESENTERIC VEIN THROMBOSIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; RARE DISEASE; SUPERIOR MESENTERIC VEIN; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ADULT; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION; MESENTERIC VEINS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 43249106543     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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