Headache and aphasia in a young woman with protein S deficiency and nephrotic syndrome.
We present sequential brain imaging findings in a young woman who while being evaluated for a newly discovered nephrotic syndrome developed headache followed by aphasia. The patient's symptoms were due to cerebral venous thrombosis in the setting of protein S deficiency and oral contraception.
Comprehensive Stroke Center, University of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham, AL, USA. drzzivanovic@yahoo.com
Zeljko
Z
Zivanović
Kristian
K
Barlinn
Clotilde
C
Balucani
Paola
P
Palazzo
Andrei V
AV
Alexandrov
D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009404:Nephrotic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D018455:Protein S Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis