Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in a Patient with Iron Deficiency Anemia and Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report

Walaa A Kamel; Jasem Y Al-Hashel; K John Alexander; Fathi Massoud; Fatima Al Shawaf; Ibtisam E Al Huwaidi

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2017.216

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis in a Patient with Iron Deficiency Anemia and Thrombocytopenia: A Case Report

Open Access Maced J Med Sci. 2017 Nov 28;5(7):967-969. doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2017.216. eCollection 2017 Dec 15.

Authors

Walaa A Kamel^{1

2}, Jasem Y Al-Hashel^{1

3}, K John Alexander¹, Fathi Massoud¹, Fatima Al Shawaf⁴, Ibtisam E Al Huwaidi⁵

Affiliations

¹ Neurology Department, Ibn Sina Hospital, Kuwait.
² Beni - Suef University, Egypt.
³ Kuwait University, Kuwait.
⁴ Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Kuwait.
⁵ Geriatric Health Services, MOH, Kuwait.

Abstract

Aim: To report a potential association of thrombosis, thrombocytopenia with iron deficiency anaemia.

Case report: A 43-year-old female experienced an episode of a headache, with bilateral papilledema by neurological examination, magnetic resonance venography (MRV) brain showed cerebrovenous thrombosis (CVT), iron deficiency anaemia and thrombocytopenia by blood investigations, that was treated with iron supplementations and anticoagulation.

Conclusion: In this patient, cerebrovenous thrombosis (CVT) was discovered in a patient with thrombocytopenia and iron deficiency anaemia and treated with iron supplements and anticoagulation, we concluded that thrombocytopenia is not a protective factor against thrombosis especially with iron deficiency anaemia.

Keywords: Anemia; Case; Cvt; Report; Thrombocytopenia.

Publication types

Case Reports