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We report the case of a 27-year-old parturient who developed a headache within 12 hours of delivery and who subsequently seized. Further examination, including magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomographic scan, showed a partial thrombosis of a transversal venous sinus, the underlying cause
BACKGROUND
Activated protein C resistance is a recently identified thrombophylic state which results from a mutation in the factor V gene and has been shown to be an important risk factor for peripheral venous thrombosis. We report a case of paediatric stroke in whom we have identified APC
BACKGROUND
Thrombosis of cerebral veins or sinuses (CVST) is a rare condition. In a monocentric retrospective cohort study the clinical characteristics, risk factors, radiological findings as well as course and prognosis of patients over the past 15 years were examined.
METHODS
Between January 1998
Over a 5-year period, we investigated 77 consecutive patients (36 males, 41 females, mean age 40.9 years) referred to our hospital with the diagnosis of CNS vasculitis. Extensive workup including MRI, echocardiography, laboratory tests, angiography ( n=53), and biopsies at appropriate sites ( n=26)
OBJECTIVE
The natural history, causative factors, and outcomes of patients with cerebral venous thrombosis from Asia and Middle East have not been well described. This descriptive multicenter study describes the results for cerebral venous thrombosis patients in South Asia and the Middle