Cytomegalovirus-associated cerebral sinus vein thrombosis.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)-associated thrombosis has been reported many times in the medical literature, and most patients had deep vein thrombosis and/or pulmonary embolism. CMV-associated cerebral sinus vein thrombosis has been reported only twice. We present an immunocompetent patient with CMV-associated cerebral sinus vein thrombosis and no other thrombosis risk factors. This is another example of the pro-thrombotic features of CMV. Physicians should be alert for symptoms and signs of acute CMV infection in patients with thrombosis.
Internal Medicine E Department, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Shany
S
Sherman
Dan
D
Justo
Tal
T
Engel
Orit
O
Yossepowitch
Noa
N
Bregman
Avi
A
Gadoth
Yael
Y
Paran
D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000821:virology; D002550:Cerebral Veins / Q000473:pathology* / Q000821:virology; D015170:Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressure; D003587:Cytomegalovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005334:Fever / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012851:Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / Q000209:etiology / Q000821:virology*; D013129:Spinal Puncture / Q000379:methods