A CASE OF PULMONARY-EMBOLISM CAUSED BY PAROXYSMAL-NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA

Authors
FUKUMOTO Y URABE Y KUBO T KAKU T OHNO Y JOHKOU T TANAKA H
Citation
Y. Fukumoto et al., A CASE OF PULMONARY-EMBOLISM CAUSED BY PAROXYSMAL-NOCTURNAL HEMOGLOBINURIA, Japanese Circulation Journal, 62(1), 1998, pp. 61-63
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Peripheal Vascular Diseas
Journal title
Japanese Circulation Journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00471828
Volume
62
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
61 - 63
Database
ISI
SICI code
0047-1828(1998)62:1<61:ACOPCB>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
A patient with pulmonary embolism caused by paroxysmal nocturnal hemog lobinuria (PNH) is described. PNH sometimes causes venous thrombosis i n the extremities, hepatic vein, or cerebral vein, but pulmonary embol ism rarely occurs.