Thrombophilia resident survival guide
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Anahita Deylamsalehi, M.D.[2]
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Overview
Thrombophilia is defined as a predilection for clot formation (thrombosis). It could be inherited/genetical or acquired, nevertheless most of the time thrombophilia is due to an interplay between both inherited and acquired factors. Protein C deficiency is the most common cause of inherited thrombophilia. This clot formation tendency can lead to venous thrombus formation and subsequent conditions such as pulmonary embolism, deep venous thrombosis, pregnancy loss, severe pre-eclampsia, myocardial infarction and stroke. Most of patients with thrombophilia may remain asymptomatic until another thrombophilic condition has been added and patients with more than one inherited/genetical defects carry higher chance of thrombus formation. symptoms are generally depended on organ that is involved.
Causes
Known causes of thrombophilia include:[1][2][3][4]
- Protein C deficiency (most common cause of inherited hypercoagulable state)
- Prothrombin gene mutation such as Prothrombin G20210A, which is the second most common cause of inherited hypercoagulable state
- Factor V Leiden
- Protein S deficiency
- Antithrombin deficiency or antithrombin reduction due to liver disease and/or severe malnutrition
- Medications such as combined oral contraceptives, bevacizumab, lenalidomide, asparaginase, erythropoietin, raloxifene, tamoxifen, tranexamic acid, heparin, ethinylestradiol and hormone replacement therapy
- Elevation in some coagulation factors such as VII, VIII, IX and XI
- Dysfibrinogenemia
- Hyperhomocysteinemia and Methylenetetrahydrofolate mutation
- Plasminogen deficiency
- Elevated Lipoprotein(a)
- Klinefelter syndrome
- Polycythemia vera
- Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria
- Sickle cell disease
- Chronic renal insufficiency
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Pregnancy
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Malignancy
Diagnosis
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Treatment
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Don'ts
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References
- ↑ Khan S, Dickerman JD (2006). "Hereditary thrombophilia". Thromb J. 4: 15. doi:10.1186/1477-9560-4-15. PMC 1592479. PMID 16968541.
- ↑ Femi-Akinlosotu OM, Shokunbi MT (2020). "Changes in Neuronal Density of the Sensorimotor Cortex and Neurodevelopmental Behaviour in Neonatal Mice with Kaolin-Induced Hydrocephalus". Pediatr Neurosurg: 1–10. doi:10.1159/000510603. PMID 33108787 Check
|pmid=value (help). - ↑ Rey E, Kahn SR, David M, Shrier I (2003). "Thrombophilic disorders and fetal loss: a meta-analysis". Lancet. 361 (9361): 901–8. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12771-7. PMID 12648968.
- ↑ Wun T, Brunson A (2016). "Sickle cell disease: an inherited thrombophilia". Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2016 (1): 640–647. doi:10.1182/asheducation-2016.1.640. PMC 6142455. PMID 27913540.