CLINICAL CASES   

Gazzetta Medica Italiana Archivio per le Scienze Mediche 2001 June;160(3):113-4

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language: English

Deep vein thrombosis in lymphoma. A case report

Di Micco P., Nozzolillo P., Niglio A., Carbonara O., Sasso F. C., Torella R.

Seconda Università degli Studi - Napoli, V Divisione di Medicina Generale, Dipartimento di Geriatria, Gerontologia e Malattie del Metabolismo

The case of a deep vein thrombosis occurring in a 42-year-old man with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma we reported. Deep vein thrombosis was treated with unfractioned heparin, but thrombophilia was persistent and testified by high plasma rate of prothrombin 1+2 fragment (F 1+2). This case suggests that there is a thrombophilic state in the natural history of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and thrombosis can occur as an early or late sign of the disease.