Cerebral venous thrombosis in a patient with adenomyosis: A case report

Jayant Kumar Yadav; Aakar Thapa; Anjan Bhattarai; Ashmita Kc; Samip Jung Budhathoki; Avinash Chandra; Reema Rajbhandari

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6796

Cerebral venous thrombosis in a patient with adenomyosis: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2022 Dec 27;10(12):e6796. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6796. eCollection 2022 Dec.

Authors

Jayant Kumar Yadav¹, Aakar Thapa², Anjan Bhattarai², Ashmita Kc³, Samip Jung Budhathoki⁴, Avinash Chandra¹, Reema Rajbhandari¹

Affiliations

¹ Annapurna Neurological Institute and Allied Sciences Kathmandu Nepal.
² Institute of Medicine Tribhuvan University Kathmandu Nepal.
³ National Centre for Rheumatic Diseases Kathmandu Nepal.
⁴ Kathmandu Medical College Kathmandu Nepal.

Abstract

Cerebral venous thrombosis can be caused by different conditions such as infectious, structural, hypercoagulable states, hematological, hormonal, collagen, vascular diseases, and oral contraceptive pills among other causes. Adenomyosis has been rarely associated with Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT). Increased CA-125 and iron deficiency anemia in adenomyosis may predispose to CVT.

Keywords: adenomyosis; cerebral venous thrombosis; iron deficiency anemia.

Publication types

Case Reports