Open AccessCase report of isolated vein of trolard thrombosis in an HBsAg-positive patient
Author(s) -
Sruti Rao,
Supriya Khardenavis,
Anirudda Deshpande,
Suresh Pandi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.126354
Subject(s) - medicine , venous thrombosis , etiology , hbsag , thrombosis , serology , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis b , virology , hepatitis , portal vein thrombosis , virus , immunology , antibody
Among the many infective causes of cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT), viral hepatitis is been regarded as a rare associated condition. We report on a 46-years-old man presenting CVT associated with hepatitis B infection. Hepatitis C being a rare cause of CVT is well documented in the literature. There is also mention of association of hepatitis B being associated with CVT to the best of our knowledge. Both these conditions are hypothesized as thrombogenic agents in the available literature, and further research is required to confirm the same. We suggest that virus B serology should be performed in the cases of cerebral venous thrombosis with unknown etiology