• Angiology · May 1989

    Case Reports

    Phlegmasia cerulea dolens and its association with hypercoagulable states: case reports.

    • D J Cohen, R Briggs, H D Head, and C W Acher.
    • Cardiothoracic Surgery Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, Texas.
    • Angiology. 1989 May 1; 40 (5): 498-508.

    AbstractSix patients who developed phlegmasia cerulea dolens are described. All patients had associated hypercoagulable states: heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (2 patients), congenital deficiency of protein C (1 patient), and antithrombin III deficiency (3 patients). Their clinical course and management are discussed. Previous reports have failed to show a definite correlation between phlegmasia cerulea dolens and hypercoagulable states because of an unavailability of appropriate diagnostic techniques. Phlegmasia cerulea dolens is a life- and limb-threatening complication. An appreciation of underlying hypercoagulable states is essential to proper management, prophylaxis, and treatment of this disorder.

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