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Rev Pneumol Clin
; 68(6): 364-6, 2012 Dec.
Artigo
em Francês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23164723
RESUMO
Thrombosis of the superior vena cava is attached to several causes including deficiency of the protein S. It occurs gradually by a superior vena cava syndrome. We report a patient aged 22 years, no toxic habits or bipolar aphthosis, which presented for 3 months a superior vena cava syndrome. The radiological and biological assessments confirmed thrombosis of the superior vena cava and a deficit of the protein S for which the patient was put under anticoagulant therapy with good clinical and radiological improvement. Through this observation, the authors report a rare cause of thrombosis of the superior vena cava which is the isolated protein S deficiency and provide a review of the literature.