Multiple Arterial Thrombosis Related with Cantharidin Ingestion

Inherited and/or acquired thrombophilic defects can result in venous or arterial thrombosis. This case report describes arterial thrombotic episodes triggered by the ingestion of an aphrodisiac remedy containing cantharidin in a 46-year-old female patient later discovered to be heterozygous for prothrombin G20210A mutation and seropositive for anti- β 2 glycoprotein-I (anti- β 2-GPI) antibodies of IgA...