Cerebral thrombosis in beta-thalassaemia major.
Two patients with homozygous beta thalassaemia complicated by cerebral thrombosis are reported. An alteration in coagulability due to a sudden increase in haematocrit and platelets was the probable cause in one patient. Although the other patient had many complications of thalassaemia, the cause for cerebral thrombosis was not identifiable.
Senanayake
M P
MP
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, P.O. Box no 271, Kynsey Road, Colombo-8, Sri Lanka. paeds@sltuet.sl
Lamabadusuriya
S P
SP
D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013188:Sri Lanka; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis