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

Jayant Kumar Yadav Aakar Thapa Anjan BhattaraiAshmita KcSamip Jung BudhathokiAvinash ChandraReema Rajbhandari

Published in: Clinical case reports (2022)

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.

Keyphrases

iron deficiency
subarachnoid hemorrhage
cerebral ischemia
brain injury
case report
chronic kidney disease
cerebral blood flow
polycystic ovary syndrome