Pulmonary Thromboembolism Caused by PROS1 Gene Mutation / 계명의대학술지

ABSTRACT

Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a serious clinical problem in patients with acquired risk factor such as cancer, immobilization, recent trauma and surgery. However PE may occur in hereditary thrombophilia like protein S deficiency which is caused by PROS1 gene mutation. The author reports a case of pulmonary embolism in a 33-year-old man with protein S deficiency and PROS1 gene mutation. Genetic analysis of the patient showed mutation 1063C→T in exon 10 of PROS1 gene, resulting in a substitution of arginine by cystine at position 355 (R355C).