Massive cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to Graves' disease

Massive cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to Graves' disease

Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVT) is a rare cerebrovascular condition accounting for 0.5–1% of all types of strokes in the general population. Hyperthyroidism is associated with procoagulant and antifibrinolytic activity, thereby precipitating a hypercoagulable state that predisposes to CVT. We...

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Main Author: Hye-Min Son
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Yeungnam University College of Medicine 2019-09-01
Series:Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
Subjects:
Graves’ disease
Hyperthyroidism
Intracranial thrombosis
Thyrotoxicosis
Online Access:http://yujm.yu.ac.kr/upload/pdf/yujm-2019-00339.pdf
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spelling doaj-e26bc7bf5ace4f1a9b1acb7f2c6941982020-11-25T02:11:05ZengYeungnam University College of MedicineYeungnam University Journal of Medicine2384-02932019-09-0136327328010.12701/yujm.2019.003392454Massive cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to Graves' diseaseHye-Min SonCerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVT) is a rare cerebrovascular condition accounting for 0.5–1% of all types of strokes in the general population. Hyperthyroidism is associated with procoagulant and antifibrinolytic activity, thereby precipitating a hypercoagulable state that predisposes to CVT. We report the case of a 31-year-old Korean man with massive CVT and diagnosis of concomitant Graves’ disease at admission. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment of CVT are important to improve prognosis; therefore, CVT should be considered in the differential diagnosis in all patients with hyperthyroidism presenting with neurological symptoms.http://yujm.yu.ac.kr/upload/pdf/yujm-2019-00339.pdfGraves’ diseaseHyperthyroidismIntracranial thrombosisThyrotoxicosis
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Massive cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to Graves' disease
Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
Graves’ disease
Hyperthyroidism
Intracranial thrombosis
Thyrotoxicosis
author_facet Hye-Min Son
author_sort Hye-Min Son
title Massive cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to Graves' disease
title_short Massive cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to Graves' disease
title_full Massive cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to Graves' disease
title_fullStr Massive cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to Graves' disease
title_full_unstemmed Massive cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to Graves' disease
title_sort massive cerebral venous sinus thrombosis secondary to graves' disease
publisher Yeungnam University College of Medicine
series Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine
issn 2384-0293
publishDate 2019-09-01
description Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVT) is a rare cerebrovascular condition accounting for 0.5–1% of all types of strokes in the general population. Hyperthyroidism is associated with procoagulant and antifibrinolytic activity, thereby precipitating a hypercoagulable state that predisposes to CVT. We report the case of a 31-year-old Korean man with massive CVT and diagnosis of concomitant Graves’ disease at admission. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment of CVT are important to improve prognosis; therefore, CVT should be considered in the differential diagnosis in all patients with hyperthyroidism presenting with neurological symptoms.
topic Graves’ disease
Hyperthyroidism
Intracranial thrombosis
Thyrotoxicosis
url http://yujm.yu.ac.kr/upload/pdf/yujm-2019-00339.pdf
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