Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis associated with iron deficiency anemia secondary to severe menorrhagia: a case report.
Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis is a rare condition presenting with a wide spectrum of nonspecific symptoms that can make early diagnosis difficult. Cerebral sinovenous thrombosis has been associated with various etiologies. Iron deficiency anemia associated with cerebral sinovenous thrombosis in teenagers is rare. We present a teenage patient with complete thrombosis of the vein of Galen, straight sinus, and left internal cerebral vein associated with iron deficiency anemia due to severe menorrhagia. Mechanisms that can explain the association between iron deficiency anemia and thrombosis are discussed.
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Cancer Hospital, The University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Fernando F
FF
Corrales-Medina
Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Leon
L
Grant
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Cancer Hospital, The University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Daniela
D
Egas-Bejar
Universidad Catolica de Santa Maria, Arequipa, Peru.
Zoila
Z
Valdivia-Ascuna
Department of Pediatrics, Children's Cancer Hospital, The University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Nidra
N
Rodriguez
Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA pedro.mancias@uth.tmc.edu.
Pedro
P
Mancias
D000293:Adolescent; D018798:Anemia, Iron-Deficiency / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D020767:Intracranial Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine; D008595:Menorrhagia / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Iron deficiency anemia; adolescent; menorrhagia; sinovenous thrombosis; stroke