Paradoxical bleeding and thrombosis in a patient with afibrinogenemia and fibrinogen Mumbai mutation.

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:

Thrombosis is rarely reported in cases of afibrinogenemia and is generally associated with thrombophilia or replacement therapy. Often, it is difficult to predict whether the patients will bleed or whether they are exposed to the risk of thrombosis.

METHODS:

We report a patient with afibrinogenemia who presented with complete thrombosis of right hepatic, portal, and splenic veins and who described a lifelong history of bleeding. Direct sequencing of the three fibrinogen genes was performed to identify the mutation.

RESULTS:

DNA sequencing showed the presence of a homozygous for G8017A substitution in exon 8 of the fibrinogen β-chain gene, resulting in a G434D missense mutation (Fibrinogen Mumbai).

CONCLUSIONS:

Presence of both bleeding and thrombotic manifestations in a patient with afibrinogenemia in the presence of other associated risk factors warrants a very careful individualized approach in the management of patients with afibrinogenemia.

• Authors: Alfiya Mukaddam, Rucha Patil, Anshul Jadli, S Chandrakala, Kanjaksha Ghosh, Shrimati Shetty
• Journal: American journal of clinical pathology (Am J Clin Pathol) Vol. 143 Issue 5 Pg. 755-7 (May 2015) ISSN: 1943-7722 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 25873512 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
• Copyright: Copyright© by the American Society for Clinical Pathology.

Chemical References

• BBeta fibrinogen
• Fibrinogens, Abnormal
• fibrinogen Mumbai
• Fibrinogen

Topics

• Adult
• Afibrinogenemia (complications, genetics, physiopathology)
• Diagnosis, Differential
• Exons (genetics)
• Female
• Fibrinogen (genetics)
• Fibrinogens, Abnormal (genetics)
• Hemorrhage (etiology)
• Hepatic Veins (physiopathology)
• Homozygote
• Humans
• Mutation, Missense
• Portal Vein (physiopathology)
• Sequence Analysis, DNA
• Splenic Vein (physiopathology)
• Thrombosis (etiology, physiopathology)