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Case Reports
. 2001 Feb;11(1):33-7.
doi: 10.1023/a:1008952126124.

Trousseau's syndrome treated with long-term subcutaneous lepirudin (case report and review of the literature)

A C Andreescu  1 , M Cushman, J M Hammond, M E Wood
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Trousseau's syndrome treated with long-term subcutaneous lepirudin (case report and review of the literature)

A C Andreescu et al. J Thromb Thrombolysis. 2001 Feb.

Abstract

We report here a case of recurrent venous and arterial thromboembolism, Trousseau's syndrome, in a cancer patient who developed heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. She was treated with lepirudin and after establishing the patient-specific half-life for subcutaneous lepirudin, she was successfully maintained on this therapy for more than eight months. To our knowledge this case represents the longest reported use of subcutaneous lepirudin.

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