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[Cerebral venous thrombosis: an unusual complication of acute cytomegalovirus infection].
La Revue de medecine interne - 1 Apr 2014
Périsse A, Sahuc P, Wybrecht D, Joubert C, Gaillard T, Dagain A, Montcriol A, Alla P, Faivre A
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection increases the risk of vascular thrombosis but reports of cerebral venous thrombosis are rare. 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...
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