Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in a patient with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria.
Paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria may be complicated by life-threatening venous thrombosis. A patient who presented with the classical clinical picture of cerebral sinus thrombosis is described. Management of the condition is discussed.
Omardeen
F
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Department of Medicine, Pathology, U.W.I., Jamaica.
Wharfe
G
G
St Omer
L
L
Richards
J S
JS
Morgan
O S
OS
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006457:Hemoglobinuria, Paroxysmal / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed