Alexia without agraphia following cerebral venous thrombosis associated with protein C and protein S deficiency.
A 26-year-old right handed female was admitted to hospital with right homonymous hemianopia associated with alexia without agraphia. Her cranial magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography revealed a left occipital venous infarction due to thrombosis of the left transverse, sigmoid sinuses and the left internal jugulary vein. The underlying conditions were protein C and protein S deficiency associated with the use of oral contraceptives. To our knowledge, alexia without agraphia has never been described due to a venous infarction associated with hereditary thrombophilia in the literature.
Celebisoy
Nese
N
Department of Neurology, Ege University Medical School Hospital, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey. celebi@med.ege.edu.tr
Sagduyu
Ayse
A
Atac
Ceyla
C
D000328:Adult; D020237:Alexia, Pure / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D020151:Protein C Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D018455:Protein S Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy