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HK J Paediatr (New Series)
Vol 29. No. 4, 2024

HK J Paediatr (New Series) 2024;29:254-257

Case Report

D-dimer Changes in a Patient with ROHHAD Syndrome: A Case Report

MJ Yang, ZC Zheng, XO Shan, J Lin


Abstract

Rapid-onset obesity with hypoventilation, hypothalamic dysfunction, and autonomic dysregulation (ROHHAD) syndrome is a rare, but life-threatening disease. The value of monitoring D-dimer levels in ROHHAD syndrome cases remains to be determined. Here, we present a 9-year-old boy with ROHHAD syndrome who had a high level of D-dimer before surgery for an adrenal tumour but fell to normal following surgical excision. ROHHAD syndrome patients may be at risk of thrombosis. Changes in D-dimer level may be used as a marker to help predict the development of neural crest tumour in ROHHAD syndrome patients.

Keyword : D-dimer; Hypercoagulable state; Neural crest tumour; ROHHAD syndrome


 
 

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