Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 50 No. 4, 2011.
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Headache and Aphasia in a Young Woman with Protein S Deficiency and Nephrotic Syndrome
Željko Živanović
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Kristian Barlinn
Clotilde Balucani
Paola Palazzo
Andrei V. Alexandrov
Abstract
We present sequential brain imaging findings in a young woman who while being evaluated for a newly discovered nephrotic syndrome developed headache followed by aphasia. The patient’s symptoms were due to cerebral venous thrombosis in the setting of protein S deficiency and oral contraception.
Keywords
Intracranial thrombosis; Diagnostic imaging; Nephrotic syndrome; Protein S deficiency; Corticosteroids
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84582
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Publication date:
14.12.2011.
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