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Acute Ischemic Stroke Secondary to Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Case Report

A rare case of acute ischemic stroke in a young patient with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is reported. IDA has been suggested to have an association with stroke, but few cases have proven it thus far. Three physiological mechanisms explaining IDA to ischemic stroke include a hypercoagulable state se...

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Autores principales: Mehta, Preema J., Chapman, Sherita, Jayam-Trouth, Annapurni, Kurukumbi, Mohankumar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/487080
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author Mehta, Preema J.
Chapman, Sherita
Jayam-Trouth, Annapurni
Kurukumbi, Mohankumar
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Jayam-Trouth, Annapurni
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description A rare case of acute ischemic stroke in a young patient with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is reported. IDA has been suggested to have an association with stroke, but few cases have proven it thus far. Three physiological mechanisms explaining IDA to ischemic stroke include a hypercoagulable state secondary to IDA, thrombocytosis secondary to IDA, and anemic hypoxia induced by IDA. Our paper shows an example of a hypoxia-induced stroke secondary to IDA in a young woman with menorrhagia. Thrombus formation was ruled out as the Magnetic Resonance Angiogram (MRA) showed no evidence. As all other known causes for stroke were ruled out, the patient's IDA is a reasonable cause for her stroke. Iron deficiency decreases the amount of hemoglobin, which consequently decreases the amount of oxygen in the blood resulting in low-oxygen delivery to the brain. This causes hypoxic conditions in the brain, leading to death of brain tissue. Thus, we suggest a possible relationship between IDA and ischemic stroke in young adults. Considering IDA as one of the risk factors for ischemic stroke and treating with timely transfusions would be an important step one can take to prevent stroke.
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spelling pubmed-34206492012-08-30 Acute Ischemic Stroke Secondary to Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Case Report Mehta, Preema J. Chapman, Sherita Jayam-Trouth, Annapurni Kurukumbi, Mohankumar Case Rep Neurol Med Case Report A rare case of acute ischemic stroke in a young patient with iron deficiency anemia (IDA) is reported. IDA has been suggested to have an association with stroke, but few cases have proven it thus far. Three physiological mechanisms explaining IDA to ischemic stroke include a hypercoagulable state secondary to IDA, thrombocytosis secondary to IDA, and anemic hypoxia induced by IDA. Our paper shows an example of a hypoxia-induced stroke secondary to IDA in a young woman with menorrhagia. Thrombus formation was ruled out as the Magnetic Resonance Angiogram (MRA) showed no evidence. As all other known causes for stroke were ruled out, the patient's IDA is a reasonable cause for her stroke. Iron deficiency decreases the amount of hemoglobin, which consequently decreases the amount of oxygen in the blood resulting in low-oxygen delivery to the brain. This causes hypoxic conditions in the brain, leading to death of brain tissue. Thus, we suggest a possible relationship between IDA and ischemic stroke in young adults. Considering IDA as one of the risk factors for ischemic stroke and treating with timely transfusions would be an important step one can take to prevent stroke. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-05-09 /pmc/articles/PMC3420649/ /pubmed/22937352 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/487080 Text en Copyright © 2012 Preema J. Mehta et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Chapman, Sherita
Jayam-Trouth, Annapurni
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Acute Ischemic Stroke Secondary to Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Case Report
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title_full Acute Ischemic Stroke Secondary to Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Case Report
title_fullStr Acute Ischemic Stroke Secondary to Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Acute Ischemic Stroke Secondary to Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Case Report
title_short Acute Ischemic Stroke Secondary to Iron Deficiency Anemia: A Case Report
title_sort acute ischemic stroke secondary to iron deficiency anemia: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3420649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22937352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/487080
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