Protein S Deficiency Present in a Pregnant Woman with Dyspnea, Abdominal Pains, Restlessness, Agitation and Hypofibrinogenemia

Overview

Journal Clin Case Rep

Date 2015 Apr 28

PMID 25914811

Authors

Takeshi Umazume

Mamoru Morikawa

Takahiro Yamada

Rina Akaishi

Takahiro Koyama

Hisanori Minakami

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Abstract

Hypofibrinogenemia is rare in pulmonary thromboembolism. A pregnant woman with dyspnea, abdominal pain, restlessness, agitation and protein S deficiency exhibited normal blood oxygenation and high D-dimer (370 μg/mL) and undetectable fibrinogen levels in the blood. The pathogenesis responsible for present findings may have some features similar to amniotic fluid embolism.

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