title: [Cerebral venous thrombosis: an unusual complication of acute cytomegalovirus infection].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection increases the risk of vascular thrombosis but reports of cerebral venous thrombosis are rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report a 36-year-old woman who presented with a cerebral venous thrombosis and acute CMV infection heralded by a cytolytic hepatitis. Heterozygous factor V Leiden mutation was also identified. The patient was treated with anticoagulation for 1 year with favourable outcome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Serologic tests for CMV infection should be performed in case of cerebral venous thrombosis with liver cytolysis or flu-like symptoms. CMV infection often triggers thrombosis in combination with other inherited or genetic predisposing risk factors that should always be searched.
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation, hôpital d'instruction des armées Sainte-Anne, BCRM Toulon, BP 600, 83800 Toulon cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Périsse
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Sainte-Anne, BCRM Toulon, BP 600, 83800 Toulon cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sahuc
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Sainte-Anne, BCRM Toulon, BP 600, 83800 Toulon cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wybrecht
authors.affiliation: Service de neurochirurgie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Sainte-Anne, BCRM Toulon, BP 600, 83800 Toulon cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Joubert
authors.affiliation: Service de biologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Sainte-Anne, BCRM Toulon, BP 600, 83800 Toulon cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gaillard
authors.affiliation: Service de neurochirurgie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Sainte-Anne, BCRM Toulon, BP 600, 83800 Toulon cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dagain
authors.affiliation: Service de réanimation, hôpital d'instruction des armées Sainte-Anne, BCRM Toulon, BP 600, 83800 Toulon cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Montcriol
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Sainte-Anne, BCRM Toulon, BP 600, 83800 Toulon cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alla
authors.affiliation: Service de neurologie, hôpital d'instruction des armées Sainte-Anne, BCRM Toulon, BP 600, 83800 Toulon cedex 9, France. Electronic address: anthonyfa@wanadoo.fr.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Faivre
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002550:Cerebral Veins; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics; D005165:Factor V / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology*; D009154:Mutation; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: C095381:factor V Leiden; D005165:Factor V
keywords: Cerebral venous thrombosis; Cytolyse hépatique; Cytomegalovirus; Cytomégalovirus; Hepatitis; Thrombophlébite cérébrale