A Case of Cerebral Venous Thrombosis as the Presenting Sign of Occult Prostate Cancer

BACKGROUND: Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a distinct disorder with highly variable symptoms and courses. Malignancy is known to be one of the predisposing factors of CVT. CASE REPORT: We present the case of a 69-year-old man with sudden behavioral changes. Brain MRI, magnetic resonance venogra...

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Autores principales: Lee, Sang Soo, Baek, Shin Hye, Shin, Dong-Ick
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neurological Association 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2806543/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20076802
http://dx.doi.org/10.3988/jcn.2009.5.4.195
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT) is a distinct disorder with highly variable symptoms and courses. Malignancy is known to be one of the predisposing factors of CVT. CASE REPORT: We present the case of a 69-year-old man with sudden behavioral changes. Brain MRI, magnetic resonance venography, and positive D-dimer assay confirmed the presence of CVT. The work-up for detecting the cause of the CVT revealed occult prostate cancer. CONCLUSIONS: Occult malignancy including prostate cancer should be strongly suspected in older patients with idiopathic CVT.

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