Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Secondary to Severe Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Case Study
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Sudharani Busani, Stephanie Scott, Jennifer A. Neely & Alejandro R. Calvo 1 Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India 2 Universidad del Valle School of Medicine, Cochabamba, Bolivia 3 Kettering College of Medical Arts, Kettering, Ohio, USA 4 Division of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Kettering Health Network, Dayton, Ohio, USA 5 School of Medicine, Kettering Medical Center Campus, Loma Linda University, CA, USA
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PURPOSE Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) has a wide spectrum of symptoms and is therefore difficult to diagnose. CVT has been reported to be associated with various etiologies. There are, however, very few reported cases of CVT associated with iron deficiency anemia (IDA), especially in adults. CASE REPORT We reported the case of a female patient with seizure and hemorrhagic infarction due to...
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