An acute intracerebral vein thromboses in AIDS with protein C and S deficiency

Int J STD AIDS. 2008 Jan;19(1):59-61. doi: 10.1258/ijsa.2007.007145.

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 sagittal 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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / complications
  • Adult
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • CD4 Lymphocyte Count
  • Female
  • Heparin / therapeutic use
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Thrombosis*
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Plasminogen Activators / therapeutic use
  • Protein C Deficiency / complications*
  • Protein S Deficiency / complications*
  • Radiography
  • Thrombolytic Therapy / methods

Substances

  • Heparin
  • Plasminogen Activators