Title
An acute intracerebral vein thromboses in AIDS with protein C and S deficiency
Date Issued
01 January 2008
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Majid R.
Hamzeh N.
Mehta N.
Escobar M.
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Abstract
A 22-year-old woman with advanced AIDS presented with altered mental status. A brain magnetic resonance imaging and angiogram showed extensive dural sinus thromboses of the saggital and bilateral transverse sinuses. CD4 level was low (<15/mm3) and a significant low protein S (7%; normal 54-137%) and C (41%; normal 72-147%) levels were detected. No other hypercoagulable factors were identified. Successful treatment was done with heparin and plasminogen activator catheter-directed thrombolysis were administered. A variety of haematological abnormalities have been observed in human immunodeficiency virus infection. Advanced AIDS might be considered as an acquired hypercoagulable state.
Start page
59
End page
61
Volume
19
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias socio biomédicas (planificación familiar, salud sexual, efectos políticos y sociales de la investigación biomédica)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-42949085302
PubMed ID
Source
International Journal of STD and AIDS
ISSN of the container
09564624
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