Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

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Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

2006, vol. 15, nr 2, March-April, p. 379–382

Publication type: review article

Language: Polish

Choroba Buergera o ciężkim przebiegu ze współistniejącym niedoborem białka C – opis przypadku

Severe Course of Buerger’s Disease with Coexisting Protein C Deficiency – Case Report

Bożena Sapian−raczkowska1,, Maciej Rabczyński1,, Rafał Małecki1,, Rajmund Adamiec1,

1 Katedra i Klinika Angiologii, Nadciśnienia Tętniczego i Diabetologii AM we Wrocławiu

Streszczenie

Autorzy przedstawiają przypadek 47−letniego mężczyzny leczonego z powodu przewlekłego niedokrwienia kończyn górnych i dolnych o ciężkim przebiegu. Wykonane badania dodatkowe wskazały na chorobę Buergera ze współistniejącym niedoborem białka C jako przyczynę obserwowanych objawów.

Abstract

We present a case of 47−year−old man suffering from severe chronic upper and lower extremities ischemia. Accessory investigations indicated Buerger disease coexisting with protein C deficiency as a reason of the observed symptoms.

Słowa kluczowe

choroba Buergera, białko C, trombofilia

Key words

Buerger’s disease, protein C, thrombophilia

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