Three cases of deep vein thrombosis detected by the increase in soluble fibrin monomer complex (SFMC)

Tsutomu Shichino; Hajime Segawa; Takehiro Shoda; Hiroshi Tsujikawa; Hiroki Daijyo; Keiko Yunoki; Kazuhiko Fukuda

doi:10.3918/jsicm.13.53

Tsutomu Shichino, Hajime Segawa, Takehiro Shoda, Hiroshi Tsujikawa, Hiroki Daijyo, Keiko Yunoki, Kazuhiko Fukuda

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Keywords: soluble fibrin monomer complex, deep vein thrombosis, echoangiography

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2006 Volume 13 Issue 1 Pages 53-56

DOI https://doi.org/10.3918/jsicm.13.53

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Abstract

We demonstrate deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in three cases suspected by the increase in soluble fibrin monomer complex (SFMC) in plasma. In two cases, only SFMC increased while D-dimer and FDP did not change. Echoangiography of the femoral vein showed hemostasis and microthrombi in all cases. Measurement of SFMC may have greater clinical efficacy as a diagnostic test of early phase DVT than D-dimer in patients with clinical risk of DVT.

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