[Cerebral venous thrombosis: an unusual complication of acute cytomegalovirus infection].

Authors :: Périsse A
Sahuc P
Wybrecht D
Joubert C
Gaillard T
Dagain A
Montcriol A
Alla P
Faivre A
Source :: La Revue de medecine interne [Rev Med Interne] 2014 Apr; Vol. 35 (4), pp. 268-70. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 May 21.
Publication Year :: 2014
Abstract: Introduction: Acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection increases the risk of vascular thrombosis but reports of cerebral venous thrombosis are rare.<br />Case Report: We report a 36-year-old woman who presented with a cerebral venous thrombosis and acute CMV infection heralded by a cytolytic hepatitis. Heterozygous factor V Leiden mutation was also identified. The patient was treated with anticoagulation for 1 year with favourable outcome.<br />Conclusion: Serologic tests for CMV infection should be performed in case of cerebral venous thrombosis with liver cytolysis or flu-like symptoms. CMV infection often triggers thrombosis in combination with other inherited or genetic predisposing risk factors that should always be searched.<br /> (Copyright © 2013 Société nationale française de médecine interne (SNFMI). Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.)

Subjects :: Acute Disease
Adult
Cerebral Veins
Cytomegalovirus Infections genetics
Factor V genetics
Female
Humans
Intracranial Thrombosis genetics
Mutation
Venous Thrombosis diagnosis
Venous Thrombosis genetics
Venous Thrombosis virology
Cytomegalovirus Infections complications
Cytomegalovirus Infections diagnosis
Intracranial Thrombosis diagnosis
Intracranial Thrombosis virology

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