[A Case Report of Congenital Protein C Deficiency with Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis during Early Pregnancy Period]

No Shinkei Geka. 2017 Oct;45(10):913-918. doi: 10.11477/mf.1436203617.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A 35-year-old woman at eight weeks of gestation in her second pregnancy presented with generalized seizures. Magnetic resonance images revealed a small hemorrhagic infarction in the left frontal lobe, and magnetic resonance venography indicated cerebral venous sinus thrombosis. After hospitalization, anticoagulant therapy was continued, and a low protein C level was confirmed, which was also confirmed in both her mother and her sister. Follow-up magnetic resonance venography performed on day 27 confirmed that the cerebral venous sinuses had undergone recanalization. After a completed gestation period, the patient gave birth to healthy girl uneventfully.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Cerebral Veins / diagnostic imaging*
  • Cranial Sinuses / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / diagnostic imaging
  • Pregnancy Complications / drug therapy*
  • Protein C Deficiency / complications*
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / complications*
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / diagnostic imaging
  • Sinus Thrombosis, Intracranial / drug therapy*