Upper-Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis in a Patient on Clozapine Therapy Carrying the Prothrombin G20210A Mutation

Clozapine treatment for resistant schizophrenic disorders has been associated to venous thromboembolic events. We report the case of a patient who developed upper-extremity deep vein thrombosis just 2 months after starting on clozapine in whom the thrombophilia work-up revealed the presence of the prothrombin G20210A mutation. Copyright (C) 2009 S. Karger AG, Basel