Blood Platelet Accumulation in a Dacron Graft Implanted in a Patient with Abdominal Aorta Aneurysm: Quantitative Scintigraphic Assessment Using Indium-111 Labeled Platelets - Case Report*

• Authors: Maria Jeleńska , Krzysztof Bojakowski , Joanna Mączewska , Leszek Królicki , Jacek Szmidt
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

During routine screening after abdominal aorta aneurysm repair, thrombocytopenia accompanied by chronic activation of coagulation was detected in an 80-year old patient. Coagulation activity was assessed by the increased concentration of coagulation and fibrinolysis activation markers (prothrombin fragment F1+2 and D-dimer). After the most common causes of such activation were excluded using imaging and laboratory studies, Indium-111 labeled autologous blood platelet accumulation on a dacron graft was demonstrated using the scintigraphic technique. Thus, the implanted dacron graft was the cause of chronic thrombocytopenia and coagulation activation during the two years of follow up.

Keywords

EN

chronic thrombocytopenia; abdominal aorta aneurysm; vascular graft

• Publisher: Index Copernicus International
• Journal: Polish Journal of Surgery
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 79
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 610-613

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2007

online

11 - 2 - 2008

Contributors

author

Maria Jeleńska

• Department of General, Vascular and Transplant Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw

author

Krzysztof Bojakowski

• Department of General, Vascular and Transplant Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw

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Joanna Mączewska

• Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw

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Leszek Królicki

• Department of Nuclear Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw

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Jacek Szmidt

• Department of General, Vascular and Transplant Surgery, Medical University of Warsaw

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10035-007-0095-6