Possible mechanisms of underlying thrombosis in neurofibromatosis: a neurofibromatosis case presenting with portal vein thrombosis
Elif Ertürk, Aydan Taka Küçük, Semahat Gürlek Yıldırım, Faruk Özalp, Zehra Betül Paköz, Harun Akar
Department of Internal Medicine, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
Keywords: Neurofibromatosis; neurofibromatosis type 1 vasculopathy; portal vein thrombosis.
Abstract
In this article, we present a 54-year-old female patient with neurofibromatosis and portal vein thrombosis. We investigated the conditions predisposing to thrombosis. Our findings revealed no conditions predisposing to thrombosis except neurofibromatosis.