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Unusual case of venous thrombosis.

Oliver JonesRichard Gooding
Published in: BMJ case reports (2017)
A young woman developed a line-associated deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which was treated with low molecular weight heparin (dalteparin). 8 days later, the DVT had significantly extended-in spite of therapeutic heparin levels. A diagnosis of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (HITT) was considered, but the platelet count had not dropped. Nevertheless, a HITT assay was carried out which came back positive, with a repeat assay confirming the result. Dalteparin was stopped and apixaban treatment started, with symptomatic recovery over the following days and weeks.
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