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Arch Hellen Med, 37(3), May-June 2020, 391-394

CASE REPORT

Management of thrombosis in a pediatric renal transplant patient with factor VII deficiency
A dilemma concerning recombinant factor VIIa
M. Yalcin,1 A. Simsek,2 Y. Tabel,3 S.M. Dogan,2 T. Piskin2
1Department of General Surgery, Sanliurfa Mehmet Akif Inan Training and Research Hospital, Sanliurfa, Turkey
2Department of General Surgery,
3Division of Pediatric Nephrology, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, School of Medicine, Inonu University, Malatya, Turkey

Hemorrhagic complications in surgical patients with congenital factor VII deficiency are a major concern. Replacement therapy is required, in which recombinant factor VIIa is the first treatment choice, by virtue of its higher efficacy and no risk of infection. Because of the risk of vascular thrombosis, recombinant factor VIIa treatment may result in catastrophic outcomes, including graft loss in transplant patients. We present the case of a 7-year-old male who underwent renal transplantation and who developed renal thrombosis after recombinant factor VIIa substution therapy for factor VII deficiency.

Key words: Factor VII deficiency, Pediatric renal transplantation, Recombinant factor VIIa, Renal transplantation, Thrombosis.

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