Factor V Leiden Mutation–Related Chronic Skin Ulcers
2013 ◽
Vol 12
(1)
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pp. 35-38
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Keyword(s):
Factor V
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Chronic skin ulcers require extensive, systemic differential diagnosis; thus, they are difficult to diagnose and treat. Transient or persistent hypercoagulable states are among the rare causes of skin ulcers. Here, we present the case of a 27-year-old woman patient with recurrent, nonhealing skin ulcers of 8 years’ duration, who had been treated unsuccessfully with various medications under different diagnoses at different clinics. On admission, a skin biopsy demonstrated occlusive vasculopathy, and the search for an inherited hypercoagulable state revealed a heterozygous factor V Leiden mutation. The patient was treated with anticoagulants and hyperbaric oxygen. On treatment, the skin lesions healed and did not recur.
1998 ◽
Vol 80
(08)
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pp. 344-345
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1996 ◽
Vol 75
(03)
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pp. 520-521
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1996 ◽
Vol 76
(03)
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pp. 476-477
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