Department of Neurology Service Clinical, University Hospital Sylvanus OLYMPIO, Togo
Case Report
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis and Sickle Cell (SC) Disease: Case Report and Literature Review
Author(s): Heve Guouya*
The authors report a case of cerebral venous thrombosis in a thirty-seven-year-old sickle cell (SC) patient, who
presented with a confusional state during hospitalization for a non-displaced fracture of the right leg. Exploration of
the patient by cerebral CT and MRI brain angiography revealed superior sagittal sinus thrombosis. Biological
examinations did not reveal any other hereditary or acquired hypercoagulable condition. The evolution was
favorable under effective anticoagulation by low molecular weight heparin with per os relay by xarelto (rivaroxaban).
The interest of this file resides in the scarcity of this observation in Black Africa, where, however, Sickle cell disease
occurs... Read More»
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