A Case of Deep Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Associated with
Iron Deficiency Anemia

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 17(5); 1999 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1999;17(5): 713-716.

철결핍성 빈혈과 동반된 심부뇌정맥 혈전증 1예

정필욱, 홍석찬 이광호 정진상

성균관대학교 의과대학 삼성서울병원 신경과

A Case of Deep Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Associated with Iron Deficiency Anemia

Pil-Wook Chung, Seok Chan Hong, Kwang-Ho Lee, Chin-Sang Chung

Department of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine

Abstract

Iron deficiency anemia has been rarely reported as a cause of cerebral venous thrombosis but its pathogenic relation-ship with cerebral venous thrombosis is still unknown. A previously healthy 25-year old woman presented with headache, nausea, vomiting, and slight confusion. A magnetic resonance imaging and venogram revealed an infarction involving the right frontal subcortical white matter and left thalamus, with thrombosis in the internal cerebral vein, the vein of Galen. Etiological investigations for cerebral venous thrombosis disclosed no precipitating factors other than iron deficiency anemia. The patient’s symptoms rapidly improved with anticoagulation and no neurologic deficits remained. We report a rare case of deep cerebral vein thrombosis associated with iron deficiency anemia without reac-tive thrombocytosis. J Kor Neurol Ass 17(5):713~716, 1999 Key Words: Cerebral venous thrombosis, Iron deficiency anemia, Deep cerebral vein, Magnetic resonance imaging