Musoke Charles, Ssendikadiwa Charles, Babua Christopher, Schwartz Jeremy I
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Ann Afr Med. 2014 Jan-Mar;13(1):47-9. doi: 10.4103/1596-3519.126952.
Falciparum malaria is known to cause alterations in the coagulation cascade, including disseminated intravascular coagulation. Microthrombotic complications are the best described; however, a number of cases of thrombosis involving larger vessels have been published in the literature. Herein, we describe the case of a woman with malaria associated with massive pulmonary embolism.
已知恶性疟疾会导致凝血级联反应改变,包括弥散性血管内凝血。微血栓形成并发症已有详尽描述;然而,文献中也报道了一些涉及较大血管的血栓形成病例。在此,我们描述一例患有疟疾并伴有大面积肺栓塞的女性病例。