title: [Subarachnoidal hemorrhage and multiple vascular cerebral abnormalities in β-thalassemia major].
abstract: β-thalassemia is a genetic hemoglobinopathy, which can cause hypercoagulability, vessel wall damages and thromboembolic events. Spontaneous subarachnoidal hemorrhages are not commonly described in this affection. We report subarachnoidal hemorrhage, observed during the post-partum period in a 27-year-old woman suffering from β-thalassemia major. Brain MRI revealed complex vascular abnormalities: intracranial carotid occlusion, carotid micro-aneurisms, abnormally developed deep perforators and cortical arteries.
authors: Service d'urgences neurovasculaires, hôpital neurologique Pierre-Wertheimer, 59, boulevard Pinel, 69003 Lyon, France.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Svahn
authors: T-H
authors: TH
authors: Cho
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Derex
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Mechtouff
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Nighoghossian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013345:Subarachnoid Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D017086:beta-Thalassemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis