Open AccessCerebral venous sinus thrombosis with autoimmune thyroiditis
Author(s) -
Sameer Aggarwal,
Nityanand Sharma
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.456
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2230-9500
pISSN - 2230-8210
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8210.119563
Subject(s) - medicine , autoimmune thyroiditis , venous thrombosis , von willebrand factor , thyroiditis , thrombosis , cerebral venous sinus thrombosis , dermatology , cardiology , gastroenterology , thyroid , platelet
Cerebral Venous Thrombosis (CVT) is a multifactorial condition which is described as idiopathic in 12.5% of patients. Hyperthyroidism has been associated with CVT in many case reports, and increased levels of factor VIII and von Willebrand factor (vWF) have been proposed as the possible link in this association, but only few rare case reports have described an association of hypothyroidism with CVT. We report here a case of autoimmune thyroiditis presenting with CVT.