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Intracranial venous sinus thrombosis complicating AIDS-associated nephropathy.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12728870     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
An alert and oriented 27-year-old African American woman with AIDS presented with a 10-day history of fever, cough productive of yellow sputum, nausea, and vomiting and a 1-day history of excruciating headache and photophobia. Her condition rapidly deteriorated into a coma with decorticate and then decerebrate posture, and she died 3 weeks later. There was evidence of extensive intracranial venous sinus thrombosis (ICVST), renal vein thrombosis (RVT), and multiple cerebral hemorrhagic infarcts due to a hypercoagulable state complicating AIDS-associated nephrotic syndrome. This is the first reported case of fatal ICVST and RVT with extensive cerebral hemorrhagic infarcts complicating nephrotic syndrome in a patient with AIDS.
Authors:
Khosrow Afsari; Jeffrey Frank; Yulia Vaksman; Thanhan V Nguyen
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The AIDS reader     Volume:  13     ISSN:  1053-0894     ISO Abbreviation:  AIDS Read     Publication Date:  2003 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-04-23     Completed Date:  2003-05-08     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9206753     Medline TA:  AIDS Read     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  143-8     Citation Subset:  X    
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Vallejo, California, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
AIDS-Associated Nephropathy / complications*
Adult
Cerebral Veins*
Female
Humans
Nephrotic Syndrome / complications*
Renal Veins
Venous Thrombosis / drug therapy,  etiology*
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
AIDS Read. 2003 Mar;13(3):146-7   [PMID:  12728871 ]

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