Thromboembolic events in beta thalassemia major: an Italian multicenter study

Acta Haematologica
C Borgna PignattiS Musumeci

Abstract

Thromboembolic (TE) events have been frequently reported in beta-thalassemic patients in association with known risk factors such as diabetes, complex cardiopulmonary abnormalities, hypothyroidism, liver function anomalies, and postsplenectomy thrombocytosis. In a recent survey involving 9 Italian thalassemic centers, we identified 32 patients with TE episodes in a total of 735 subjects, of whom 683 had thalassemia major and 52 thalassemia intermedia, corresponding to 3.95 and 9.61%, respectively. There was a great variation in localization: the main one (16/32) was CNS, with a clinical picture of headache, seizures and hemiparesis. Other localizations were the pulmonary (3 patients), mesenteric (1 patient) and portal (2 patients) sites. There were 6 cases of deep venous thrombosis (2 in the upper limbs, 4 in the lower ones). Intracardiac thrombosis was found in 2 subjects and clinical and laboratory signs of DIC were observed in 2 others during pregnancy. Since our patients with TE events present a statistically significantly higher incidence of associated dysfunction (cardiomyopathy, diabetes, liver function anomalies, hypothyroidism) than those without TE events (50 vs. 13.8%), we suggest close monitoring of those patients w...Continue Reading

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