Clinical Review
Splenic Infarction Associated with Protein S Deficiency
Case in Point
Fed Pract. 2003 September;20(9):16
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Ejaz Nemat, MD, and Farooq Ahmed, MD
Drs. Nemat and Ahmed are physicians in the department of internal medicine at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center, West Palm Beach, FL.
Protein S deficiency, which has a well documented association with venous thrombosis, also has been linked to arterial thrombosis and, in this case, was at the root of splenic infarction.